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India Using Using Satellite To Study Rice
New Delhi (PTI) Apr 17, 2009The Biophysics section of the Department of Physics of the University of Pune (UoP) has tied up with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to send a satellite named Space Recovery Experiment II (SRE-II) into space to study the effects of micro gravity on the production of rice. The experiment is the brainchild of Pandit Vidyasagar, head of the biophysics section, and will be sent ... more Germany Bans GM Maize: Monsanto Mulls Legal Action 
Berlin (AFP) April 14, 2009Germany became Tuesday the sixth European Union nation to ban a type of genetically-modified maize manufactured by US biotech giant Monsanto, the only GM crop permitted until now in the country. Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner told reporters she was outlawing the cultivation of MON 810 maize - modified to be super resistant against crop-destroying insects - on environmental grounds. ... more EU cuts Mediterranean tuna fishing to protect stocks 
Brussels (AFP) April 15, 2009The Mediterranean tuna fishing season will be 15 days shorter this year with quotas and fleets also cut, EU sources said Wednesday: but environmentalists complained it was too little, too late. The bluefin fishing season begins officially on Thursday and will end on June 15, two weeks earlier than the scheduled 2008 season. At the same time the European Commission has reduced allowed quo ... more Corn, soy yields gain little from genetic engineering: study 
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2009The use of genetically engineered corn and soybeans in the United States for more than a decade has had little impact on crop yields despite claims that they could ease looming food shortages, a study released on Tuesday concluded. "A hard-nosed assessment of this expensive technology's achievements to date gives little confidence that it will play a major role in helping the world feed itse ... more African pygmy genetics are traced 
Paris (UPI) Apr 14, 2009A French-led study has plotted African pygmies' ancestry, determining the pygmies' ancestors and neighboring farmers separated about 60,000 years ago. The researchers at the Pasteur Institute said all African Pygmies living in Central Africa descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago. Pygmies are characterized by a forest-dwelling hunter-gathering lifestyle, dist ... more |
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Lagos (AFP) April 15, 2009Nigeria fined Anglo-Dutch petroleum giant Shell one million naira (6,800 dollars, 5,100 euros) for failing to clean up an oil spill within reasonable time, a company official said Wednesday. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) had been fined over the September 2008 spill in the southern state of Bayelsa which resulted in a fire in adjoining farmland, said the official, who ... more Bangladesh experts to investigate India dam plan 
Dhaka (AFP) April 13, 2009Bangladesh said Monday it would send experts to India to investigate claims a proposed dam in northeastern Assam state would dry up downstream tributaries crucial for farmers. Bangladesh has for five years protested against the dam at Tipaimukh because of fears it would affect the flow of water in the Meghna, its third largest river and one of the main sources of water for the eastern part ... more The Impact Of Ethanol On Water Supplies 
St Paul MN (SPX) Apr 14, 2009At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol - often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future - may consume up to three times more water than previously thought. Their study is scheduled for the April 15 issue of ACS' Environmental Science and Technology, a semi-monthly publ ... more Taps off for two million in water-starved Mexico City 
Mexico City (AFP) April 9, 2009Some two million residents of Mexico City on Thursday began 36 hours without water under an emergency plan over Easter vacation to respond to a record drop in water supply and to work on repairs. The cuts, in the giant city of some 20 million that once sat on lakes, coincide with Semana Santa, Mexico's second most important holiday season when many leave the city. They are part of a five ... more Helsinki aims to tackle growing rabbit menace 
Helsinki (AFP) April 8, 2009While other cities grapple with traffic or pollution problems, the Finnish capital of Helsinki is taking aim at the humble rabbit. "Rabbits have caused severe damage... we are talking about costs of hundreds of thousands of euros," said Antti J. Rautiainen, a construction project manager with the city authorities. The floppy-eared fiends have been nibbling their way through some of Helsi ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2009The latest Arctic sea ice data from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing. New evidence from satellite observations also shows that the ice cap is thinning as well. Arctic sea ice works like an air conditioner for the global climate system. Ice naturally cools air and water masses, plays a key role in ocean ... more Walker's World: New food crisis looms 
Washington (UPI) April 6, 2009 We tend to forget that the worldwide plunge into recession last year was the result of three separate phenomena that combined to breed disaster. The financial crisis was joined by a food crisis and a fuel crisis as the prices of food and energy soared, triggering food riots across the world. And now there are ominous signs of another food crisis in the making this year, spurred in part ... more Wine producers pin hopes on China in tough times 
Shanghai (AFP) April 7, 2009Wine producers are pinning their hopes for growth during the financial crisis on a country that only recently entered the ranks of the world's top ten wine drinking countries -- China. Wine bars and specialty wine stores have flourished in Shanghai, which prides itself of being the nation's most cosmopolitan city, and have quickly become part of the landscape. "More and more people are ... more Gutsy Germs Succumb To Baby Broccoli 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2009A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. Citing their new "demonstration of principle" study, a Johns Hopkins researcher and an international team of scientists caution that eating sprouts conta ... more Flame Retardants Affecting US Coastal Ecosystems 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2009NOAA scientists have stated that Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), chemicals commonly used in commercial goods as flame retardants since the 1970s, are found in all United States coastal waters and the Great Lakes, with elevated levels near urban and industrial centers. The new findings are in contrast to analysis of samples as far back as 1996 that identified PBDEs in only a limited ... more
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