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German Radar Satellite TanDEM-X Launched SuccessfullyOberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2010 Germany's second Earth observation satellite, TanDEM-X, was launched successfully on 21 June 2010 at 04:14 Central European Summer Time (CEST, at 08:14 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Atop a Russian Dnepr rocket, the satellite, weighing more than 1.3 tons and five metres in length, started its journey into orbit. At 4.45 CEST first signal was received via Troll ground station in the Antarctic. The German Aerospace Center manages TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2010Ji Yunliang worked as a missile researcher at a large state-owned enterprise and later earned a doctorate in chemistry at a prestigious Beijing university. Now, he is running a small organic farm. In a country hit by a series of food safety scandals, the interest in organic produce is growing fast. Instead of using his cutting-edge technical expertise, Ji is employing traditional method ... more  
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 22, 2010 A U.S. geologist and geographer say they are studying the recent flood-caused creation of a Texas canyon to gain insight into ancient flooding events on Mars. The researchers - Assistant Professor of geology Michael Lamb of the California Institute of Technology and Associate Professor of geography Mark Fonstad of Texas State University - said a week of heavy rainfall in 2002 formed a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2010Torrential rains battering south and central China have left 175 people dead and forced the evacuation of 1.7 million, as washed out roads and railways hampered rescue work Monday. Premier Wen Jiabao called for greater efforts to battle flooding that has also left 107 people missing since June 13, as more rains are forecast in the next few days, the government said. "In the coming days a ... more |
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Compost Filter Socks Improve Runoff From CroplandsMadison WI (SPX) Jun 22, 2010 Water runoff from cropped farm fields can contain large amounts of eroded soil as well as some of the fertilizer and herbicide. Expanding on existing conservation practices, a team of scientists has tested whether compost filters socks in grassed waterways would reduce sediment flow and retain dissolved chemicals in runoff. The researchers observed reduced sediment in a non-tilled field and reduced concentrations of two herbicides. Compost filter socks are mesh tubes filled with composted ba ... read more |
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