Can bitcoin’s cryptographic technology help save the environment?
Ecologist proposes ways that the “blockchain” can restore trust to voting, environmental incentives, and more
Environment
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Critics say plan for drifting ocean trash collectors is unmoored
Youthful inventor wants to clean up plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean -
How just one data point could predict the collapse of an entire ecosystem
“Recovery length” shows when algal colonies are likely to crash -
Noise pollution is invading even the most protected natural areas
Map reveals extent of human encroachment, threats to people and wildlife -
In controversial move, Brazil may outsource Amazon deforestation monitoring
Scientists alarmed by $25 million request for private contractors -
To save forests, cut some trees down, scientists say
Thinning woodlands could help trees fight climate change, while conserving scarce resources -
Ecosystem Earth and its endangered animals
These critically endangered animals, part of the Photo Ark project, are just a tiny fraction of the millions of species that share the planet. -
Migrating shorebirds in danger, due to disappearing mudflats
Citizen surveys document severe cost to birds in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand -
Plastic makes up nearly 70% of all ocean litter
New database reveals global litter hotspots -
Norway plans to exterminate a large reindeer herd to stop a fatal infectious brain disease
Hunters will cull some 2000 animals to contain Europe’s first outbreak of chronic wasting disease -
International trade shifts the burden of pollution-related deaths
Manufacturing regions suffer more ill health effects -
Here are some of the world’s worst cities for air quality
Satellite data show seasonal and regional changes in global ozone, ammonia levels -
A groundbreaking study on the dangers of ‘microplastics’ may be unraveling
Accusations of research fraud roil a tight-knit community of ecologists -
A greener way of making vanilla
Technique could be scaled up for commercialization by the food industry -
Brighter days drove up U.S. crop yields
Reduced air pollution, not just new technology, could explain increase -
The great Greenland meltdown
As algae, detritus, and meltwater darken Greenland's ice, it is shrinking ever faster
