Environment

In the February 25 Issue:

::	Environment
	Agriculture Climate Change Ecology

Top Stories | February 12

BPA fosters diabetes-promoting changes
Exposures typical of the general public are enough to alter insulin secretion.
Numbers warn of looming collapses
Mathematical tools help researchers predict when systems are about to change dramatically.
Classic sooty-moth tale bolstered by new results
A scientist’s six-year backyard experiment strengthens the scenario for evolutionary changes due to industrial pollution.
Little Ice Age began with a bang
Frozen moss suggests climate cooling kicked off fast, possibly with help from volcanic eruptions.
Some corals like it hot
Western Australian reefs are faring better than their eastern counterparts, at least for now.

:: More in Environment

Western Australian reefs are faring better than their eastern counterparts, at least for now.

As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent within a decade.

Antibodies from immunizations are halved among children with the highest exposure levels to common chemicals.

South America’s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.

The devastating fungus has already stripped shrubbery down to sticks in Europe and New Zealand.

:: Science News
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South America’s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.

Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths.

Two new studies help explain fate of pollutants released in the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history.

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