(Phys.org)—Biomimicry is the term given to using nature as an inspiration for sustainable technology ideas, and a young company has joined the biomimicry brigade with its prototype self filling water bottle, ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Nov 25, 2012 4.9 / 5 (35) 24 |

Trees are dying in the Sahel, a region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, and human-caused climate change is to blame, according to a new study led by a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 12, 2011 3.9 / 5 (7) 25

This month, fires have charred tens of thousands of acres in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. After more than a decade of drought, these large seasonal fires are increasingly a part of life in the Southwest, and fire can ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 27, 2010 3.7 / 5 (10) 0