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Local Built Satellite Jugnu Ready To Ship To ISROKanpur (PTI) Feb 26, 2010 A satellite developed by IIT Kanpur 'Jugnu' that will provide information on natural calamities will be handed over to scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on March six by Indian President Pratibha Patil. After testing it, ISRO will launch the satellite from Sriharikota, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kasalkar told PTI. The satellite will help in gathering prior information regarding flood, drought and disaster management. Last year in August, both ISRO and IIT-K had in ... read more |
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Beijing (UPI) Feb 23, 2009 China's poisonous jatropha shrub is showing promise as biofuel and could boost the country's efforts to reduce dependency on imported crude oil. In the past, farmers planted the poisonous perennial only as a barrier to ward off animals from their fields. But Hong Kong-invested Shenyu New Energy Co. Ltd. sees the lush green shrub as a great moneymaker, with the potential to generate $59 ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 23, 2010NASA is preparing to launch the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch is targeted for March 2, during a launch window from 6:19 to 7:19 p.m. EST. "GOES are the backbone of NOAA's severe weather forecasts, monitoring fast-changing conditions in the atmosphere that spawn hurrican ... more 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2010When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped apart Haiti, I was reminded of how vulnerable we are to the Earth's natural systems. Despite our ability to drastically change the climate, in the end we are subject to the forces of nature, whether they have been unleashed as a result of human actions or not. The images below were taken by the EO-1 spacecraft managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight ... more |
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A Review Of Vegetated Buffer EfficacyMadison WI (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 Environmental regulators and scientists are making concerted efforts to reduce these pollutions using mitigation tools called best management practices (BMPs). As promising and effective BMPs, vegetated buffers are gradually gaining in popularity. However, lack of quantification on their mitigation efficacies limits their implementation in agricultural fields to reduce nonpoint source pollutions. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, reviewed more than 300 papers, analyzed the data fr ... read more |
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