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Environmental Economics
Environmental economics is a term developed in the 1960s that encompasses the economic impacts of environmental changes such as air pollution and global warming. Among the concepts covered in environmental economics is market failure, or the scenario where markets do not allocate scarce resources strategically to generate the greatest social welfare impact.
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AUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most farms, manure and urine from their animals is a big problem. But the farmers at Homestead Dairy in Plymouth, In ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 01, 2015Earth & The Environment
A San Francisco-based sightseeing cruise line called The Red and White Fleet has taken on a new project. Certainly, if i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 05, 2015Plants & Animals
In China, it's about the numbers. Not math skills, but just sheer numbers. Most recent figures put the country's populat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most of human history dams were seen as good things. They provided power, at first by mill wheel, later by turbine. ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
As reported in the Washington Post, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew ...Written By: Robert WoodardNOV 13, 2014Earth & The Environment
Last year, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a Memorandum of Understanding o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 25, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 09, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
A study released in June analyzing the U.S. bioscience industry growth over the last eleven years, through the recent re ...MAY 13, 2014Earth & The Environment
Fracking, or the process of opening fissures in rock formations through high-pressure injection of fluids, has opened a ...APR 24, 2014Technology
Electric cars show great promise for reduction of greenhouse gases and overall environmental benefits, but their accepta ...FEB 28, 2014Technology
Since the discovery of oil and its rise into one of the world's most important energy sources, oil has been a major play ...JAN 27, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Biofuels offer a reasonable alternative to conventional fuels, and there are many research paths vying for a process tha ...DEC 30, 2013Chemistry & Physics
So you have converted your old Ford Taurus into a clean, hydrogen-powered vehicle, and now you are looking for a conveni ...DEC 13, 2013Chemistry & Physics
One of the most difficult aspects about nanotechnology advancements is integrating laboratory achievements into real-wor ...AUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most farms, manure and urine from their animals is a big problem. But the farmers at Homestead Dairy in Plymouth, In ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 01, 2015Earth & The Environment
A San Francisco-based sightseeing cruise line called The Red and White Fleet has taken on a new project. Certainly, if i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 05, 2015Plants & Animals
In China, it's about the numbers. Not math skills, but just sheer numbers. Most recent figures put the country's populat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most of human history dams were seen as good things. They provided power, at first by mill wheel, later by turbine. ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
As reported in the Washington Post, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew ...Written By: Robert WoodardNOV 13, 2014Earth & The Environment
Last year, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a Memorandum of Understanding o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 25, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 09, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
A study released in June analyzing the U.S. bioscience industry growth over the last eleven years, through the recent re ...MAY 13, 2014Earth & The Environment
Fracking, or the process of opening fissures in rock formations through high-pressure injection of fluids, has opened a ...APR 24, 2014Technology
Electric cars show great promise for reduction of greenhouse gases and overall environmental benefits, but their accepta ...FEB 28, 2014Technology
Since the discovery of oil and its rise into one of the world's most important energy sources, oil has been a major play ...JAN 27, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Biofuels offer a reasonable alternative to conventional fuels, and there are many research paths vying for a process tha ...DEC 30, 2013Chemistry & Physics
So you have converted your old Ford Taurus into a clean, hydrogen-powered vehicle, and now you are looking for a conveni ...DEC 13, 2013Chemistry & Physics
One of the most difficult aspects about nanotechnology advancements is integrating laboratory achievements into real-wor ...
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