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Water Levels Dropping In Some Major Rivers As Global Climate Changes
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 28, 2009Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), suggests that in many cases the reduced flows are associated with climate change. The process could potentially threaten future supplies of food and water. The results will ... more TerraSAR-X Image Of The Month: The Wadden Sea In North Frisia 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2009The image shows the mudflats near the island of Sylt. It was compiled from two satellite images that were taken by the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X in April and May 2008. The individual pictures are coloured red and green respectively. The difference in the reflected radar signals is especially large over the areas of water, as it is here that there were the most changes between when ... more Pressure On For Healthier Juice And Fruit Products 
Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 27, 2009Technology developed by Food Science Australia (FSA) to improve the way fruit juices and other food products are pasteurised, is being used commercially in a new Melbourne food processing facility opened this morning by Victorian Premier John Brumby. The Director of FSA's Innovative Foods Centre (IFC), Dr Kees Versteeg, says the technology further developed by the IFC - called High Pressur ... more First International Plant Phenomics Symposium 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 27, 2009The latest research on global food security, biofuel feedstocks and climate change will be explored at the inaugural three-day International Plant Phenomics Symposium beginning in Canberra tomorrow. The Symposium aims to advance the field of phenomics - the study of how the genetic makeup of organisms determines their appearance, function and performance - and will bring together over 100 ... more Climate Change Means Shortfalls In Colorado River Water Deliveries 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2009The Colorado River system supplies water to tens of millions of people and millions of acres of farmland, and has never experienced a delivery shortage. But if human-caused climate change continues to make the region drier, scheduled deliveries will be missed 60-90 percent of the time by the middle of this century, according to a pair of climate researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceano ... more |
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Guildford, UK (SPX) Apr 23, 2009Nigeria will soon be able to map and monitor African resources with local expertise. Nigeria's first satellite imaging engineers are receiving hands-on training at DMCii in Guildford, UK, to manage and process the images NigeriaSat-1 and the future NigeriaSat-2 and NX satellites upon their return to Nigeria. Now in training, Oludare Mabogunje and Kennedy Uti will play a crucial part in Nig ... more WWF wants turtle eggs off Malaysian menus 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) April 22, 2009Environmental group WWF Wednesday launched a campaign to stop Malaysians eating turtle eggs, in a bid to help save the marine creatures from extinction. Turtle eggs are openly sold in markets in parts of Malaysia. Turtles once arrived in their thousands to lay eggs on Malaysian beaches, but are now increasingly rare thanks to poaching and coastal development. The five-month online campai ... more Brussels wants to cut fishing fleets as stocks dwindle 
Brussels (AFP) April 22, 2009Drastic cuts in the European fishing fleet are needed, the EU Commission warned Wednesday, launching a consultation exercise to overhaul a sector which it said is making profits and fish stocks disappear. A raft of ideas are included in a consultative green paper formally adopted by the EU executive on Wednesday. "Nine out of ten fish stocks are exploited beyond their capacity to regener ... 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 Diesel Brewing To Help Oregon Achieve Energy Independence 
Salem OR (SPX) Apr 23, 2009Diesel Brewing announced the company has launched its initiative to manufacture cellulosic bio-butanol from Oregon's ample supplies of biomass and dairy farm manure. Bio-butanol is a 100% "green" liquid fuel that can be blended into conventional gasoline or diesel stocks without engine modifications. Compared to corn-based fuel additives, bio-butanol has many favorable properties. Bio-buta ... more |
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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 Walker's World: G8's thin food summit 
Washington, April 20, 2009 The good news is that the world's key agricultural ministers convened this weekend for the first time under the auspices of the G8 summit process. The bad news is that they addressed everything except the three large elephants in the room. Two of these elephants are familiar; the massive and market-distorting $300 billion a year spent on food subsidies and protection by the United State ... more Palestinians face dire water shortage: World Bank 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 20, 2009Palestinians face dire water shortages because of both bad Palestinian management and Israeli restrictions, the World Bank said in a report on Monday. The report, the first of its kind, noted the "complete dependence" of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip "on scarce water resources shared and largely controlled by Israel." It also underlined that "the joint gover ... more China's poor hope reforms will fix health care 
Siziwangqi, China (AFP) April 19, 2009Wang Jun's eyesight is slowly deteriorating from suspected glaucoma, but there is nothing hazy about his view of China's much-maligned health system. "It's really lacking, really inadequate," said the retired 56-year-old former dairy farm worker, reflecting a view widely held in this country as he awaits treatment in a grubby clinic in northern China. China this month announced plans to ... more Germany's RWE to boost Poland's wind-farm sector 
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
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