BioZine • 15th November 2020 Hate Cilantro? Blame Your Genes When it comes to the taste of cilantro in a spicy bowl of soup or wrapped up in a burrito, where do you stand?
BioZine • 14th November 2020 Does Your Facewash Have a Dirty Little Secret? Tiny plastic microbeads that scrub your pores clean might sound like a great idea to maintain a clear complexion, but what happens to all those microbeads once they’ve gone down the drain?
EcoZine • 1st September 2020 Quinoa: The Mother Grain In recent years, quinoa has gained wide popularity around the world.
BioZine • 14th November 2020 Growing the Great Pumpkin For many, “the great pumpkin” may evoke childhood memories of the classic Charlie Brown animated feature, for generations a staple of Halloween-themed television programming. While Linus never ends up seeing the great pumpkin, many amateur gardeners across North America do find pumpkins of giant proportions growing in their backyard pumpkin patches.
BioZine • 2nd November 2015 Bringing Heritage Turkeys Back to the Thanksgiving Table The centerpiece of many Thanksgiving dinners in the United States is a roasted turkey.
EcoZine • 7th March 2016 The Flint Water Crisis In April 2014, the fateful decision to switch the city of Flint’s water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River was made. The results of this decision were disastrous and the repercussions continue to affect the city’s citizens today.
EcoZine • 2nd March 2015 Dust from the Saharan Desert Fertilizes the Amazon Rainforest The Sahara Desert, located in northern Africa, is the world’s largest desert. The Amazon rainforest, located in northern South America, is the world’s largest rainforest. New research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, indicates that these ecosystems, while vastly different, are tied together.
EcoZine • 19th May 2016 Coral Reef Bleaching Devastating Australia's Great Barrier Reef Coral reef bleaching is occurring at an unprecedented rate on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. A recent aerial survey of 911 reefs by Australia’s National Coral Bleaching Task Force found evidence of bleaching on 93 percent of the reefs.
EcoZine • 5th December 2013 Alaska's Sustainable Fisheries Overharvesting is a major problem for many fisheries around the world. Such is not the case for the Alaskan seafood industry. In fact, sustainability is written into the state’s constitution.
EcoZine • 1st July 2020 Let's Talk Loons The echoing call of a common loon across a misty lake is a haunting, ethereal sound. Few who have heard it can soon forget it. Recognizable by their distinctive black and white coloration, loons are common sights during the late spring through early fall months on lakes across the northeastern states and portions of the Upper Midwest.
BioZine • 15th November 2020 The Science Behind Maple Syrup Production As winter turns to spring, syrup producers turn their eye to the weather forecast.
BioZine • 15th November 2020 Using Stable Isotopes to Identify the Geographic Origin of Food Consumers are increasingly interested in knowing where their food comes from and what exactly is in it. Unfortunately, food labels are not always accurate.
EcoZine • 1st November 2020 Waste Not, Want Not - Reducing Food Waste in America In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced remains uneaten. Some of this food has spoiled, some of it was left in the fields to rot, and some of it never made it to market after being harvested.