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Political Squabbling Holds $500 Million of BP’s Pledged Research Money in Limbo

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr While BP just concluded that a whole slew of missteps led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent Gulf Gusher, so it seems a whole bunch of political squabbling seems to be holding up distribution of some $500 million in research money pledged to investigate the ecological effects of the spill. OnEarth goes into more detail, but this is the gist of it:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Technical Look At Termite Mounts Foretells Changes in Africa’s Ecosystems

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by sheilaellen Despite their reputation as pests, termites are actually fascinating creatures particularly for their complex social structures. But that isn’t the only thing that hast attracted the attention of scientists lately. It seems that by watching where termites decide to build mounds, secrets to the ecological changes of Africa’s savanna are revealed. Researchers at the Carnegie Instution’s Department of Global Ecology mapped over 40,000 termite mounds across 192 square miles of savanna, and through their imaging and analysis of the mounds, they’ve found … Read the full story on TreeHugger