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Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2009More frequent freeze-thaw cycles in winter can increase biomass production according to the results of a recent study conducted by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), the University of Bayreuth and the Helmholtz Center in Munich. For their experiment at the Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth the researchers installed underground heating on their ... more Tracking Poultry Litter Phosphorus: Threat Of Accumulation 
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 04, 2009The Delmarva Peninsula, flanking the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, is home to some 600 million chickens. The resulting poultry manure and some of the chicken house bedding material is usually composted and then spread onto croplands as a fertilizer. Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) and other methods of soil analysis have previously shown that two forms of phosphorus ... more Crop-eating caterpillars 'worse' than army worms: Liberia 
Monrovia (AFP) Feb 3, 2009Caterpillars laying waste to Liberian crops are not army worms as previously believed but a species which may turn out to be even more destructive, the country's agriculture minister warned Tuesday. "Results indicate that the caterpillars that we are dealing with are not army worms," the minister, Christopher Toe, told journalists. The caterpillars, which have ravaged central Liberian ... more New Research Aircraft HALO Lands At Home Airport 
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2009HALO - High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft - the latest member in the research fleet of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) landed at Oberpfaffenhofen research airport on 24 January 2009. The aircraft, a Gulfstream G550, has been converted into one of the world's most state-of-the-art research aircraft for climate and atmospheric research. ... more High CO2 levels can hurt soybean plants 
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Feb 2, 2009 U.S. biologists have discovered high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels negatively affect a soybean plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects. Professor Evan DeLucia and colleagues at the University of Illinois said deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels have significantly increased carbon dioxide levels since the late 18th century. "Currently, CO2 in the atmosphere is ... more |
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Oxford, England (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 Serotonin, a chemical that moderates behavior in animals, has been shown to change the aloof desert locust into partying fiends, British researchers said. The discovery, published Friday in the journal Science, could lead to methods of inhibiting the formation of locust swarms, The New York Times reported. The infestations, which can cover hundreds of square miles with the vegetation ... more Japan to take some tuna fishing boats out of service: government 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2009Japan will take out of service up to 20 percent of its tuna fishing boats after tougher catch quotas were imposed on the land of sushi, the government said Friday. Environmentalists have warned that tuna stocks are declining to dangerously low levels across the world as a global fad for Japanese food and a lack of regulation lead to over-fishing. Of 739 long-line tuna fishing boats ... more China warns 2009 could be 'toughest year' for farm policies 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2009China's government Sunday warned 2009 could be the "toughest year" since the turn of the century for development of the countryside, which has fallen behind as reforms favoured the cities, state media reported. Rural unemployment is high, and the situation has been exacerbated by the global economic crisis as at least six million migrant workers have been laid off from companies in the ... more Analysis: Russia and Central Asian water 
Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 An integral element of the new Eurasian "great game" between Russia and the United States is a tussle for control of the Caspian's hydrocarbon riches and those of former Soviet republics farther east. But Russia is making a diplomatic play on another key resource -- water. Russian and foreign energy consortia remain largely focused on the region's rich oil and natural gas reserves. ... more Jailed China dairy boss appeals life sentence: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2009The former boss of the dairy firm at the heart of China's contaminated milk scandal Sunday formally appealed a court decision to jail her for life, her lawyer told the official Xinhua news agency. A court last month convicted former Sanlu Group chief Tian Wenhua, 66, of "manufacturing and selling fake or substandard products" in connection with the scandal, which led to at least six deaths ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2009China plans to provide clean water for 60 million people in 2009, addressing one of the main public health issues facing the vast nation, state media said Wednesday. Currently, more than 200 million Chinese do not have access to safe drinking water, down from 379 million in late 2000, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing government data. Rapid economic growth has severely curtailed ... more Substantial Work Ahead For Water Issues 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2009Scientists and engineers will face a host of obstacles over the next decade in providing clean water to millions of people caught up in a water shortage crisis, a panel of scientists and engineers said at a briefing at the Broadcast Center of the National Press Building on the Final Report on the American Chemical Society's Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions. The American Chemical ... more Sorghum gene code could lead to drought-tolerant crops: study 
Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2009An international team of scientists reported on Wednesday it had laid bare the DNA code of sorghum, a hardy tropical cereal whose genes could one day be spliced to produce crops that resist global warming. Sorghum (Latin name Sorghum bicolor) is related to sugar cane and corn and is grown in arid regions of northeast Africa, India and the southern United States for food, fibre, fuel and ... more Liberia threatened by new wave of crop-eating pests: FAO
Monrovia (AFP) Jan 28, 2009The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization warned Wednesday that Liberia could soon face a second wave of crop-destroying caterpillars as the pests reproduce. "We are at the stage where many of the pests are getting to the pupa stage. At this stage they go into the soil, they are there for about seven to 12 days, before the adults' moths will emerge," FAO spokesman Winfred Hammond ... more EU map of alien plant invasions is created 
Brno, Czech Republic (UPI) Jan 29, 2009 A team of Czech, Spanish and British scientists has produced the first map to outline the level of alien plant invasions across the European Union. The researchers said biological invasions are one of the major threats to biodiversity and also affect the economy and human health. For their effective management it is important to understand which areas and ecosystems are at the highest ... more
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