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Food and water drive Africa land grabNairobi, Kenya (UPI) Apr 29, 2010 Rich Arab states such as Saudi Arabia have bought huge tracts of land across Africa in recent years in a bid to combat global food shortages, water scarcity and desertification and feed their burgeoning populations. But now the scramble for Africa is intensifying, with investment banks, hedge funds, commodity traders, sovereign wealth funds, corporations and business tycoons out to grab some of the world's cheapest land - for profit. China has leased 6.91 million acres in the Democratic ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Apr 26, 2010Taking advantage of NASA's 'Operation Ice Bridge' campaign, measurements of Arctic sea ice have been made from an aircraft flying directly under CryoSat-2's orbital path. These measurements offer an early opportunity to check the quality of the newly launched CryoSat-2 satellite data over sea ice. Following the launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 ice mission 8 April, the satellite's Synthetic Apertu ... more  
Sao Paulo (AFP) April 23, 2010Long-stalled world trade talks may still be making little evident progress, but at least the issue of agricultural tariffs that sank a 2008 accord is not as insurmountable as it used to be, Australia's trade minister said Thursday. "I don't think in the end agriculture will be the sticking point. It's really the balance between what we do on agriculture and industrials, and what we're trying ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) April 23, 2010India's monsoon, vital to hundreds of millions of farmers and of crucial importance after the worst drought in 37 years, will be normal strength this year, the weather office said Friday. The first official long-range forecast relied on data from local and foreign climatologists to make the best possible prediction for the wet season, which sweeps across the subcontinent from June to Septemb ... more |
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New Navsat Sensor Improves Water MonitoringNoordwijk, Holland (ESA) Apr 26, 2010 The start-up company Star2Earth, reared in the ESA Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands, will improve electricity production from a hydroelectric plant on Lake Laja in Chile by using navigation satellite signals to measure water levels and wave heights. Mounted on the lake's shore, the new Oceanpal sensor will accurately monitor the water level. It does not touch the water so it is almost maintenance-free, an important feature in the remote Andes Mountains. In general, water sensors requi ... read more |
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