Impacts Satellites can spy a menace in West Africa: invasive flowers Spacecraft help researchers monitor environmental problems on Earth, like the overgrowth of nonnative species and deforestation.
Solutions From a nuisance to a benefit, ‘world’s worst weed’ finds new use as biofuel A startup in western Kenya has developed a process of making bioethanol from water hyacinths, addressing both the need for a clean fuel alternative to charcoal and fuelwood, and the spread of the invasive hyacinths.
Despite limited interest in drilling on federal land, US Forest Service ‘streamlines’ oil and gas leasing rules