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By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Governments from more than 90 countries have agreed to establish an independent panel of scientists to assess the very latest research on the state of the planet's fragile ecosystems. [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Difficulties in hiring and retaining women scientists and engineers are worrying universities. [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Alarmed at signs that the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals is blunting these key weapons against human disease, governments are taking action. In industrial farming, antimicrobials are commonly given to farm animals to treat infections, and prophylactically to prevent disease or spur growth. [More]

LBy Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Delegates meeting this month in Durban, South Africa, to assess international progress on tackling climate change need to look beyond smoke stacks and car exhausts to a neglected source of emissions--agriculture. That's the message from an international group of leading agricultural and climate scientists in a report published on November 16. [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Conservation organizations are looking for change. [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine A desert may need no defining, but desertification is not so easy to pin down. [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Consumers who flush unwanted contraceptives down the drain have long been blamed for giving fish more than their fair share of sex organs. [More]