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Provident Group Advises On Sale Of Large Scale Brazilian Farm
New York NY (SPX) Apr 22, 2009Provident Group announced that it had completed its advisory assignment for the sale of Fazenda Parceiros, a Brazilian agribusiness company which owned the 7,000 hectare (17,200 US acre) Marianna soybean farming operation located in the western section of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Fazenda Parceiros was controlled by Fazenda Parceiros LLC, a US based holding company capitalized by US pr ... more Satellites Show How Earth Moved During Italy Quake 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 20, 2009Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that shook the medieval town of L'Aquila in central Italy on 6 April 2009. Scientists from Italy's Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell' Ambiente (IREA-CNR) and the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisic ... more California 2009 Farm And Ranch Lands Protection Program Signup Announced 
Davis CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2009Applicants for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), administered by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), may apply for the program for the 2009 fiscal year between now and June 15, 2009. Ranking and selection of parcels will take place immediately thereafter and funds will be obligated by July 15, 2009. NRCS State Conservationist Ed Burton noted th ... more RISAT2 Can See Through Thick Clouds 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009India's newest eye in the sky, Radar Imaging Satellite-II (RISAT2), the first spy satellite launched from the spaceport here on Monday, has the capability to maintain vigil on the country's borders even at night and through clouds. The satellite, built with Israeli cooperation, enhances significantly India's capabilities in earth observation as it can track minute movements on land, source ... more Severity, Length Of Past Megadroughts Dwarf Recent Drought In West Africa 
Austin TX (SPX) Apr 21, 2009Droughts far worse than the infamous Sahel drought of the 1970s and 1980s are within normal climate variation for sub-Saharan West Africa, according to new research. For the first time, scientists have developed an almost year-by-year record of the last 3,000 years of West African climate. In that period, droughts lasting 30 to 60 years were common. Surprisingly, however, these decad ... more |
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Warsaw (AFP) April 20, 2009German energy giant RWE said Monday it would invest 500 million euros (652 million dollars) in a series of wind farms in Poland, boosting its involvement in the country's power market. RWE's renewable energy chief, Kevin McCullough, told reporters the group wanted to play a major role in Poland's drive to ensure that 15 percent of its power came from clean sources by 2020. RWE is already ... more Venus Disappears During Meteor Shower 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 20, 2009April 17, 2009: Picture this: It's 4:30 in the morning. You're up and out before the sun. Steam rises from your coffee cup, floating up to the sky where a silent meteor streaks through a crowd of stars. A few minutes later it happens again, and again. A meteor shower is underway. One of the streaks leads to the eastern horizon. There, just above the tree line, Venus and the crescent Moon ... more Changing Climate Will Lead To Devastating Loss Of Phosphorus From Soil 
North Wyke UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Crop growth, drinking water and recreational water sports could all be adversely affected if predicted changes in rainfall patterns over the coming years prove true, according to research published this month in Biology and Fertility of Soils. Scientists from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded North Wyke Research have found for the first time that the rat ... more Midwestern Ethanol Plants Use Much Less Water Than Western Plants 
Duluth MN (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Ethanol production in Minnesota and Iowa uses far less water overall than similar processes in states where water is less plentiful, a new University of Minnesota study shows. The study, which will be published in the April 15 edition of the journal Environmental Science and Technology, is the first to compare water use in corn-ethanol production on a state-by-state basis. The authors used ... more Satnav Reflection Technology For Remote Sensing Of The Earth 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 17, 2009A rain of navigation signals falls constantly upon the Earth from GPS and the initial satellites in Europe's Galileo system, enabling an ever-increasing number of positioning and guidance services. Afterwards these microwave beams bounce back to space - where a proposed ESA mission aims to harness them as a scientific resource and explore their potential for terrestrial remote sensing appl ... more |
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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 EU seeks deep cuts in fishing capacity 
Brussels (AFP) April 15, 2009EU fishing fleet capacity should be cut drastically to revive dwindling fish stocks, the European Commission warns in a draft paper seen Thursday, despite fears of the social impact of such a move. The draft paper on reforming the European Union's common fishing policy risks inflaming growing discontent which has already led to French fishermen crippling English Channel ports with a three-da ... more
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