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The picture above shows the how widespread the Dead Zone area at the Gulf of Mexico is. Scientist has said that this area could stretch to more than 8,800 square miles this year - about the size of New Jersey, compared with 6,662 square miles in 2006 and nearly double the annual average since 1990 [...]

Another issue that is worth analysing. Biofuels have always been linked to causing food prices to increase. But to what extent? And how true is it? Well, according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian, biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated.
The unpublished assessment [...]

Was reading the papers when I came across this article on the front page. It was discussing how oil cultivated from algae could be used as alternative source of energy in Asia, mainly Japan.
The viability of using algae to produce oil has been already been widely discussed. It is possible for algaes to produce oil [...]