(Untitled)- May 16, 2002 Bear necessities: Polar bears are 'facing extinction', according to a new report from the Norwegian Polar Institute. Independent.http://www.scribble.clara.net/categories/ecology/2002/05/16.html#a578 (Untitled)- May 15, 2002 The Bush legacy: The US Department of Energy hopes that a modern stonehenge will warn humans in the distant future to keep away from the 70,000 tons of radioactive waste expected to be dumped under the Yucca Mountains in Nevada. Salon's Douglas Cruickshank calls the scheme harebrained - er - farsighted. Salon; Archaeology - pic and summary.http://www.scribble.clara.net/categories/ecology/2002/05/15.html#a577 (Untitled)- May 14, 2002 Market forces: According to George Monbiot and colleagues, online spin merchants the Bivings Group sent a scientific paper in Nature magazine reeling out of circulation. Written by two Mexican scientists, the paper argued that maize could be contaminated by GM pollen over vast distances. Posing as concerned scientists, Bivings Group spinners posted messages attacking the paper, says Monbiot. It worked. Last month Nature's editor bowed to criticism from readers and disassociated the magazine...http://www.scribble.clara.net/categories/ecology/2002/05/14.html#a571 (Untitled)- May 2, 2002 Rat trap: While the BBC and ABC both treat it as one more trip forward in the gee-whiz rush of science, the Guardian's James Meek argues that the idea of controlling rats through implants in their brains, turning the rats into 'ratbots', is wrong, is something that scientists should campaign against: 'The prospect of roborats is a glorious opportunity for scientists who carry out serious medical experiments on animals to stand up and try to put some ethical distance between what they do and...http://www.scribble.clara.net/categories/ecology/2002/05/02.html#a561 |