Anewdiseaseinfectingcassava--dubbed"Ebolaforplants"--couldspellaloomingfoodcrisisforAfrica,researchershavewarned,fearfulthattheemergingblightcoulddecimateoneoft
Citizenscientistsmaynothavethetimeandequipmentoftheirprocounterparts,buttheirdedicationcansometimesleadtodiscoveriesthatwouldotherwisebeimpractical.Caseinpoint:
About 70 percent of the Sekisei Lagoon coral reef in Okinawa Prefecture, the largest such reef in the nation, has died, according to the Environment Ministry.