Biodiversity at the Crossroads

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The extermination of plant and animal species has reached the alarming rate of up to 10,000 a year. Edward O. Wilson, world-renowned environmental scientist, explains the dangers of these irreplaceable losses and talks about the need to establish a new environmental ethic which stresses protection of biodiversity.

Strategy & planning, Marketing procedures, Environmental Scientists, Interview, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Quality of life, Protection and preservation, Growth, Biological diversity conservation, Biodiversity conservation, Wilson, Edward O., Environmental protection, Food supply

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Linking iron with carbon sequestration

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Microscopic phytoplanton takes more carbon dioxide from our surroundings than all land vegetation combined. Scientists have developed a modeling system to determine where iron, an essential nutrient to the phytoplankton, enters the ocean. Information from the model could tell scientists where to supplement iron in the oceans, though critics disagree such supplemenation is feasible.

Science & research, Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Industrial gases, Air Pollution Control R&D, Carbon Dioxide, Research, Pollution control industry, Air pollution research, Pollution control research, Phytoplankton

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Precautionary principle challenges U.S. policy, workshop finds

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A workshop convened by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis proposes a dialogue on as to how to refine or replace the precautionary principle in environmental policies. The genetically modified organism debate reflects the complex issues surrounding the interpretation and definition of the precautionary principle.

International economic relations, Genetic Engineering, Europe, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Environmental policy, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis

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