As mining companies prepare to exploit the copper and gold in the seabed, we explore the fate of the unique ecosystems around tectonic boundaries.

Organic farming must ditch its irrational mistrust of science or risk losing its reputation as being safer and healthier.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028186.200-irradiating-organic-f...

 

German E. coli deaths show it's time to look past the wonder drugs of the 1950s in the battle against lethal bacteria.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028163.600-beyond-antibiotics-a-...

Most products sourced from tropical timber destroy the forest – and a sustainability logo may not be a reliable guide for your green conscience. While a report this week celebrates a 50 per cent increase in the area of tropical forests that are sustainably managed, other studies suggest this assessment is open to question.

Two forests wired up to track water should help the US's most populous state adapt to a warming world in which the stuff becomes increasingly scarce.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028164.300-wired-californian-for...

The collision of North and South America changed the Earth's climate dramatically – and may have happened far earlier than we thought.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028161.600-united-plates-of-amer...

Is this the face of future water conflicts? China, India and Saudi Arabia have lately leased vast tracts of land in sub-Saharan Africa at knockdown prices. Their primary aim is to grow food abroad using the water that African countries don't have the infrastructure to exploit. Doing so is cheaper and easier than using water resources back home. But it is a plan that could well backfire.

When humans try to constrain rivers, the results can be calamitous. (Editorial)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028142.700-mississippi-delta-blu...

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