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Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade - and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame. More than 109 cubic kilometers (26 cubic miles) of groundwater disappeared from the region's aquifers between 2002 and 2008 - double the capacity of ... read more 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 16, 2009Crops are shrivelling as India faces the spectre of drought but economists say they are still upbeat about the country's economic prospects. They are banking that a strong industrial performance will help offset the impact of the worst monsoon in years in Asia's third largest economy. Analysts have been buoyed by new data showing industrial production jumped by 7.8 percent in June from ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 15, 2009Hsieh Mei-juan thought she was dreaming she saw when rocks hurtling down in front of her village hut. But when she heard her neighbours' screams, she knew the nightmare was real. The 32-year-old, nine months pregnant, gathered her four children and scrambled to her elder brother's farming truck for cover. "The rocks were raining down. They landed on the river before us as the water ... more  
Naivasha, Kenya (AFP) Aug 14, 2009Calls for a boycott of flowers from farms around Lake Naivasha in Kenya, one of the world's top flower exporters, intensified Friday after a child of 12 drowned in an irrigation channel. Green campaigners in Kenya have been urging a boycott of flowers from some 30 farms contributing to the degradation of Lake Naivasha and Maasai herders have also complained that the farms have closed natural ... more 
Teddington, UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2009Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have developed imaging technology to be used in an intelligent harvesting machine that could minimise wastage and solve an impending labour shortage for UK farmers. Annual waste for certain crops can be up to 60% - which can mean up to Pounds 100,000 of lost revenue for an average farm every year, according to farmers who ... more |
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Baghdad (AFP) Aug 11, 2009Iraq's water minister accused Turkey on Tuesday of breaking a promise to increase water flows down the Euphrates river, saying Ankara was actually holding back on the precious commodity. He was responding to remarks by Turkey's visiting foreign minister that his country had fulfilled its promises and was considering a further hike. "Despite promises made by Turkish officials to provide ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 11, 2009India's finance minister said on Tuesday that weak monsoon rains this year would mean that the sowing of summer crops would fall by 20 percent. However Pranab Mukherjee sought to avert fears that the sharp drop would cause food shortages, saying the country had coped with far worse droughts. The monsoon, which sweeps across the subcontinent from June to September, is expected to be 87 ... more 
Manila (AFP) Aug 11, 2009The Philippines is likely to avoid falling into recession this year, but drought could be a problem in 2010, a senior economic official said Tuesday. Rolando Tungpalan, undersecretary of the economic planning department, said President Gloria Arroyo's cabinet has discussed the "threat of possible drought later in the year or early 2010." "We simply had to flag that to temper expectations ... more |
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