Poca River Permaculture

12/28/2018

(W) The new generations may not even know, but older people will surely remember that up until some 20 years ago any car trip meant a windshield covered in dead insects, smashed by the impact.
However, nowadays that doesn't happen so much.
It may sound great news—after all, who doesn't like to travel with a clean windshield? But what does it really mean? Doesn't that tell you anything?
Scientists associate the dramatic decline in insect populations with industrial agricultural practices, especially habitat destruction and pesticide use. That decline, besides being a tragedy by iteslf, also affects the whole terrestrial ecosystems, such as the birds', reptiles' and amphibians' diet, pollination, etc.
The collapse of the insect populations may be the foretoken of the collapse of the terrstrial ecosystems.

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12/23/2018

Plastic doesn't go away; it just gets smaller and smaller.

12/20/2018

Oceanographers have found that even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have big consequences for tiny marine organisms called zooplankton.

12/16/2018

Human transformation of landscapes is pervasive and accelerating across the Earth. However, existing studies have not provided a comprehensive picture of how precipitation frequency and intensity respond to vegetation cover change. Therefore, this study took the Loess Plateau as a typical example, a...

12/12/2018

Risk analyst Tony Cox invited oil industry funder to review his work

05/08/2018

Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture, both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to researcher. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion.

05/06/2018

Scientists have investigated the impact of a new pesticide on the honeybee. In high doses, it has a negative impact on the insects' taste and cognition ability.

05/06/2018

Nearly a century and a half after explorer John Wesley Powell zeroed in on the 100th meridian west as the dividing line between the humid east and arid west of the United States, researchers say he was right -- but that climate change is now moving the line eastward, into the traditionally fertile M...

02/26/2018

https://www.treehugger.com/green-food/what-vegan-or-veganic-farming-actually-looks-like-huguenot-street-farm-video.html

One of the best things about blogging is how quickly we get feedback and tips from our readers. When I had previously written posts on vegan organic agriculture, and had asked how vegetarians and vegans can avoid

02/26/2018

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