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Fishermen trawl for final catch on Iraq's dead sea
Lake Razzaza, Iraq (AFP) Nov 28, 2008The young men huddle on the muddy shore, pulling small silvery fish from their nets with hands caked with salt and flies, another meagre catch from a vast lake in Iraq that will soon vanish. The fist-size fish are the only species left in Iraq's Lake Razzaza, a sprawling reservoir west of the Shiite holy city of Karbala that until the early 1990s teemed with birds and fish and attracted tour ... more Better Red than Dead: Jordan grapples with water crisis 
Deir Alla, Jordan (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Gasping for water and fearful that climate change will amplify its problems, Jordan is pinning its hopes for liquid salvation on a scheme with no parallel: hauling water from the Red Sea to replenish the Dead Sea. The 3.5-billion-euro (4.5-billion-dollar) "Peace Canal" is the heart of the government's vision of slaking thirst in a country that is mostly bone-dry desert and one of the 10 drie ... more Acid Soils In Slovakia Tell Somber Tale 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008Increasing levels of nitrogen deposition associated with industry and agriculture can drive soils toward a toxic level of acidification, reducing plant growth and polluting surface waters, according to a new study published online in Nature Geoscience. The study, conducted in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia by the University of Colorado, University of Montana, Slovak Academy of Sciences ... more Nutrients In Water May Be A Bonus For Agriculture 
Vernon TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2008Agriculture producers may find they don't have to bottle their water from the Seymour Aquifer in the Rolling Plains to make it more valuable, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists. Drs. John Sij, Cristine Morgan and Paul DeLaune have studied nitrate levels in irrigation water from the Seymour Aquifer for the past three years, and have found nitrates can be as high as 40 parts per ... more Green Star Announces Odessa Biodiesel Plant Completed 
Odessa WA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008Green Star Products has announced that the Inland Empire Oilseeds Biodiesel Facility in Odessa, Washington is completed. Its initial continuous acceptance run produced 36,000 gallons of spec biodiesel to complete GSPI's contractual obligations. The biodiesel fuel was tested by an independent certified lab. The certificate of analysis No. 111208030 reported that all ASTM 6751 specifications ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Nov 25, 2008Bluefin tuna fishing will have to be cut by 30 percent over two years in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean under an international accord reached in Marrakesh, the European Commission said Tuesday. The total allowable haul of the increasingly endangered species was slashed from 28,500 tonnes in 2008 to 22,000 tonnes in 2009 and 19,950 tonnes in 2010, the European Union's executive arm ... more Missing Radioactivity In Ice Cores Bodes Ill For Part Of Asia 
Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 26, 2008When Ohio State glaciologists failed to find the expected radioactive signals in the latest core they drilled from a Himalayan ice field, they knew it meant trouble for their research. But those missing markers of radiation, remnants from atomic bomb tests a half-century ago, foretell much greater threat to the half-billion or more people living downstream of that vast mountain range. ... more Advanced Cellulose Ethanol Development 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 26, 2008Swedish researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation of a new improved bio-technical process for production of ethanol from lignocellulose feedstocks. The development is based on Taurus' yeast technology for fermentation of both six- and five-carbon sugars. Ethanol ... more National Algae Association Meeting 
The Woodlands TX (SPX) Nov 24, 2008The National Algae Association is growing at an astronomical rate. We are the first national trade association for the algae industry in the United States. Algae is renewable, does not affect the food channel and eats C02. Due to the high cost of oil, commercializing the algae oil industry is now on a fast track. Algae can be converted into fuels such as jet fuel, biodiesel, ethanol ... more New Generation Biofuels Announces Test Burn Agreement 
Lake Mary FL (SPX) Nov 24, 2008New Generation Biofuels has announced that it has entered into a Test Burn Agreement with Progress Energy Florida to demonstrate its proprietary biofuel technology in utility boiler applications. The Agreement calls for New Generation Biofuels to supply its biofuel for a test program that will be performed in early 2009 at Progress Energy Florida's Bartow Plant in St. Petersburg. ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 24, 2008A new report revealed on Monday the devastating effect of settlement, irrigation and Australia's long-running drought on one of the country's biggest rivers. The assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin -- known as the "food basket" of Australia because of its high level of farming -- found that water flowing to the mouth of the Murray River had dropped from more than 12,000 gigalitres a year ... more China's high prices boost Bangladesh garment exports 
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Bangladesh's garment industry is growing rapidly despite the global economic turmoil as China loses orders due to high prices and worldwide demand for cheap clothing soars. Nearly 5,000 apparel makers here initially sought government help when some top US and European buyers postponed and cut orders in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s Great Depression. But clothing ... more NASA-USAID Earth Observation System Expands To Africa 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 24, 2008NASA, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and their partners are in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch SERVIR-Africa, a program that helps scientists, government leaders and local communities address concerns related to natural disasters, disease outbreaks, biodiversity and climate change. SERVIR, Spanish for "to serve," integrates satellite resources of the U.S. and other countries ... more Pakistani chief minister urges end to US missile strikes 
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 22, 2008The chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province called Saturday for Washington to stop aerial missile strikes on the nation's soil, as the latest raid killed four more suspected militants. Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, said the strikes targeting Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants were only stoking tensions with ... more Urban Trees Enhance Water Infiltration 
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 24, 2008Global land use patterns and increasing pressures on water resources demand creative urban stormwater management. Traditional stormwater management focuses on regulating the flow of runoff to waterways, but generally does little to restore the hydrologic cycle disrupted by extensive pavement and compacted urban soils with low permeability. The lack of infiltration opportunities affects ... more
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