In other green tech news, Spanish researchers have developed a new type of biological concrete that makes it easier to attach plants to the side of buildings to create living walls.
Thus, the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs can be viewed as a type of barometer of the consequences of human activities within their surrounding drainage basin.
The Stanford University professor of biological sciences devotes a large amount of her time to taking a business perspective on land and water as a type of natural capital.