They extend to unintended consequences in places like Africa, where China unsustainably extracts its raw materials in exchange for controversially lax treaties and assistance, and to the destruction of vast swathes of forest, which provide wood for US - bound furniture. (treehugger.com)
The US Department of Agriculture hopes that these special wasps will be a key ally in the fight against emerald ash borers, invasive beetles whose larvae have destroyed trees across vast swaths of northern and eastern America in just a few decades. (businessinsider.com)
Roland Pache is trying to understand complex biological interactions using computer algorithms to hunt for patterns in vast swathes of data. (scientificamerican.com)