Biological noncontrol: my enemy's enemy may be no friend
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A recent study reveals that a weevil brought to North America to fight musk thistles is also involving harmless thistles of a different variety. The results of the study has forced biologists to withhold experimental findings of the new exotic insect that was believed to devour musk thistles.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Death in the deep: "Dead zone" in the Gulf of mexico challenges regulators
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The water in the Gulf of Mexico is believed to be unsafe because of the low level of oxygen concentration. The hypoxic zone, which kills or drives away majority of the bottom dwellers, is currently being studied by various agencies in a desire to save it.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Business at Rio
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The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development will be attended by corporate executives. Companies hope to implement and self-regulate environmental policies instead of adhering to guidelines created at the conference.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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