- Introduced parasitoid (Lathrolestes nigricollis) knocks back birch leafminers in the American northeast.
- China's "Green Great Wall", a forest shelterbelt running parallel to the Great Wall "could lead to an increase in precipitation by up to 20 percent and decrease the temperature in the area."
- High levels of nitrogen in the Seymour Aquifer in Texas makes much of the water unsuitable for human consumption, but could reduce fertiliser addition when used for irrigation.
- Plants moving north as the climate warms may have better defenses than native plants, giving the invaders an edge.
- Hybrid vigour in crop plants attributed to "increased expression of genes involved in photosynthesis and starch metabolism in hybrids and polyploids. These genes were expressed at high levels during the day, several-fold increases over their parents."
- Non-target insects are affected more by pesticides than by GM crops which express insecticides.
