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Fish-dependent countries face climate change threat: study
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 6, 2009Climate change poses a grave threat to dozens of countries where people depend on fish for food, according to a study published Friday that said catches are imperilled by coastal storms and damage to coral reefs. The WorldFish research centre identified 33 countries as "highly vulnerable" to the effects of climate change because of their heavy reliance on fisheries and limited alternative so ... more Emergency as drought hits key farm regions in China: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2009China on Thursday declared an emergency for parts of the country experiencing their worst drought in half a century, with some of the nation's winter harvest at risk, state media reported. President Hu Jintao called for an all-out effort to help offset the dry spell that has spread across seven key farming provinces, leading to water shortages for millions of people and livestock. ... more Too Much TV Linked To Future Fast-Food Intake 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 06, 2009High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future. Dr Daheia Barr-Anderson worked with a team of rese ... more USDA considers using GE corn for ethanol 
Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering approving the use of genetically engineered corn for use in manufacturing ethanol. The Agriculture Department recently ended the public comment period for its proposal to permit, for the first time, widespread cultivation of a food crop engineered for biofuel production. If authorized, officials said the new ethanol corn would also ... more NOAA-N Launch Rescheduled 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2009The launch of the NOAA-N Prime weather satellite now is set for Thursday, Feb. 5 at 2:22 a.m. PST., weather permitting. Liftoff was scrubbed at 2 a.m. PST Wednesday, when a launch pad gaseous nitrogen pressurization system failed. This system maintains pressurization and purges to various systems of the Delta II rocket prior to launch. Immediate repair to this system is being undertaken. ... more |
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Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2009Final launch operations will get under way late this afternoon in California. The loading of RP-1 fuel into the Delta II rocket's first stage is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. EST with tower rollback following at 8:30 p.m. Call to stations for the launch team will be at 2 a.m. The weather forecast is generally favorable for launch, but becoming less favorable for a launch attempt the following ... more German troops to be stationed in France in post-war first 
Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2009France has agreed to allow a German battalion to be stationed on its soil for the first time since World War II, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. An agreement in principle has been reached to pave the way for the historic move as part of efforts to promote military cooperation, said defence ministry spokesman General Christian Baptiste. The hundreds of German troops will be serving ... more Kyrgyzstan vows to close key US air base 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 3, 2009Kyrgyzstan vowed Tuesday it would order the closure of a US airbase on its soil whose presence has irritated Moscow, on the same day it received a generous Russian financial aid package. The Manas air base serves as a vital supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan but its location deep in former Soviet territory has annoyed an increasingly assertive Russia keen on restoring its influence ... more Gene-Engineered Flies Are Pest Solution 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2009For the first time, male flies of a serious agricultural pest, the medfly, have been bred to generate offspring that die whilst they are still embryos. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology describe the creation of the flies that, when released into a wild population, could out-compete the normal male flies and cause a generation of pests to be stillborn - protecting ... more Climate Change Enhances Grassland Productivity 
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 |
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Mclean VA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Science Applications International has announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop an affordable alternative to petroleum-derived jet fuel (JP-8) from agricultural and aquacultural feedstock materials. The contract has a total value of up to $25 million if all phases of the development program are completed. Work ... more NOAA-N Completes Flight Readiness Review
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009The Flight Readiness Review for the Delta II and NOAA-N Prime spacecraft was successfully completed Jan. 29, with a countdown dress rehearsal conducted the following day. There are no issues or concerns to prevent final launch preparations, including loading the Delta II second stage with hypergolic propellants on Jan. 31. One final milestone, the ... more World heads for 'water bankruptcy', says Davos report 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 30, 2009The world is heading toward "water bankruptcy" as demand for the precious commodity outstrips even high population growth, a new report warned Friday. In less than 20 years water scarcity could lose the equivalent of the entire grain crops of India and the United States, said the World Economic Forum report, which added that food demand is expected to sky-rocket in coming decades. ... more Serotonin may control locust, study shows 
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
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