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Egypt's fertile Nile Delta falls prey to climate changeRosetta, Egypt (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 The Nile Delta, Egypt's bread basket since antiquity, is being turned into a salty wasteland by rising seawaters, forcing some farmers off their lands and others to import sand in a desperate bid to turn back the tide. Experts warn that global warming will have a major impact in the delta on agriculture resources, tourism and human migration besides shaking the region's fragile ecosystems. Over the last century, the Mediterranean Sea, which fronts the coast of the Nile Delta, has risen by 20 cen ... read more |
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New Satellite Maps Of Haiti Coming InParis, France (SPX) Jan 18, 2010 As rescue workers scramble to provide assistance to hundreds of thousands of people following Haiti's earthquake, Earth observation satellite data continues to provide updated views of the situation on the ground. Following the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January, international agencies requested satellite data of the area from the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters'. The Charter, an international initiative aimed at providing satellite data free ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2010In response to the disaster in Haiti on Jan. 12, NASA has added a series of science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America. NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, or UAVSAR, left NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif ... more  
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 26, 2010Harvard climate scientists suggest that the Tibetan Plateau-thought to be the primary source of heat that drives the South Asian monsoon-may have far less of an effect than the Himalayas and other surrounding mountains. As the monsoon brings needed rainfall and water to billions of people each year, understanding its proper origin, especially in the context of global climate change, is crucial f ... more 
Kigali (AFP) Jan 27, 2010Senior Chinese official Zhai Jun told Rwanda's President Paul Kagame in talks here that Beijing is ready to play a wider role in regional security, Radio Rwanda reported Wednesday. "As a permanent member of the UN security council, China is ready to play a constructive role in promoting sustainable stability and security in the Great Lakes region," said Zhai, an assistant foreign minister. ... more |
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Genome Advances Peril For PestsRochester NY (SPX) Jan 26, 2010 Parasitic wasps kill pest insects, but their existence has been largely overlooked by the public - until now. Four researchers from Arizona State University are among a consortium of 157 scientists (the Nasonia Genome Working Group) led by John Werren, a professor of biology at the University of Rochester, and Stephen Richards at the Genome Sequencing Center at the Baylor College of Medicine, who have sequenced the genomes of three parasitoid wasp species. The genomes reveal many features that could be ... read more |
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