News tagged with environmental consequence

Hunting for bomb-eating bugs

University of Arizona researchers are studying the environmental effects of insensitive munitions compounds, or IMCs, which are new, more stable explosives that won't detonate in response to heat or shock.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Satellite spies on tree-eating bugs

More than 150 years after a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar started taking over river banks throughout the U.S. Southwest, saltcedar leaf beetles were unleashed to defoliate the exotic invader.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0