GAINESVILLE —Think a manned trip to Mars is a great idea but tracking the migration patterns of monarch butterflies is a colossal waste of time and money? Everyone’s entitled to their own view, but some opinions may be misinformed.
GAINESVILLE — The Southeast is suffering through the worst infestation of armyworms in recent memory, with the pests chewing their way through thousands of acres of crops, pasture and turf.
GAINESVILLE — The value of Florida’s citrus groves is plummeting because of a glut of fruit, while urbanization is rapidly pushing up the value of agricultural land near cities, a University of Florida survey shows.
GAINESVILLE — No one wants to live near a landfill.
GAINESVILLE — University of Florida researchers are using a new technology that could reduce the cleanup time of some stubborn hazardous waste sites from years to days.
GAINESVILLE—El Niño will long be remembered for this year’s onslaught of natural disasters across the nation. Wildfires blazed out of control, deadly tornadoes fell from the sky, flood waters rolled over plains and droughts dried farmlands. All this, and the height of hurricane season looms.
GAINESVILLE — When 26 children became ill after swimming in a kiddie pool at an Atlanta water park earlier this summer, health investigators said it was because low chlorine levels failed to kill harmful bacteria in the water.