Israeli Unwarranted Act of Aggression on Syria Dangerous, Clear Violation of UN Charter

Feb. 1, 2013 (TSR) - Israeli jets carried out a bombing operation in Syria on Tuesday a very dangerous escalation of the increasing regionalisation of the Syrian civil war. The...

Terrace Farming Unearthed at Ancient Desert City of Petra

by M.B. Reilley, University of Cincinnati Jan. 3, 2013 (TSR) - A team of international archaeologists including Christian Cloke of the University of Cincinnati is providing new insights into successful...

New Insights Into How Plants Grow in Response to Light, Water and Gravity

January 3, 2013 (TSR) - Elementary school students often learn that plants grow toward the light. This seems straightforward, but in reality, the genes and pathways that allow plants...

SAHEL FOOD CRISIS: Malnourished Children to remain above one million in 2013

Dec. 22, 2012 (TSR) - Despite good rains across much of the Sahel this year, 1.4 million children are expected to be malnourished - up from one million in...

SYRIA: Bread shortages rising

December 17, 2012 (TSR) - When Bashar Akkad recently visited Syria’s northern, government-controlled town of al-Raqqah, hotel staff did not serve him breakfast. They could not find any bread in...

FOOD: How to Feed the Future

December 17, 2012 (TSR) - Scientists anticipate there will be nine billion people in the world to feed by 2050. As this number rises, so will the earth’s temperature,...

Poisoning U.S. Wells: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Dec. 12, 2012 (TSR) - Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing...

Contaminated U.S. Groundwater Sites Will Cost $110 Billion to Clean, Report Says

November 15, 2012 (TSR) - Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards. These...

Analysis: Syria and the regional food chain

Lady MJ Santos, Publisher's Note: Here is a dire issue that mainstream media refuse to truly cover because if they did, then the Syrian Crisis should have been ended,...

COMBATTING GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: FUNGI OFFER NON-GM WAY TO ENHANCE FOOD CROPS

November 12, 2012 (TSR) - As temperatures soar and droughts increase in frequency, scientists around the world are working to create food crops tolerant of extreme temperatures - often...

Bhutan Shares Energy through Cross Border Interconnections

September 4, 2012 (TSR) - Bhutan is the only country in South Asia to have surplus electricity generation, with power export to India contributing 25 percent of the nation’s...

U.S. Drought now hires Witch Water Consultants

August 30, 2012 (TSR) - Well driller Randy Gebke usually uses a geology database and other high-tech tools to figure out where to sink new water wells for clients....