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July 12, 2010
FARM NEWS
Across the US, employer-sponsored gardens grow
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2010
For the average US employee, work takes place in an enclosed office, under fluorescent lighting, with not so much as a ray of sunshine or a whiff of fresh air floating in from the outside world. But a few employees, at companies big and small throughout the United States, are putting in work at very different locations: vegetable gardens sponsored by their firms. Fred Haberman, president and co-owner of Minneapolis public relations firm Haberman & Associates, set up a garden for his 25 employees ... read more

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Mexican sisters survive floods after four days in tree
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FARM NEWS

What Plant Genes Tell Us About Crop Domestication
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WEATHER REPORT

US to feel more heat, more often in coming years: study
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FARM NEWS

Haitian farmers reaping hard times as hunger grows
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FARM NEWS

China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder: reports
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FARM NEWS

China's AgBank offers room for improvement
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FARM NEWS

Drought destroys millions of hectares of Russian crops: govt
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google to resume taking 'Street View' photos next week
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FARM NEWS

'Business As Usual' Crop Development Won't Satisfy Future Demand
FARM NEWS

Agricultural Bank of China expected to announce record IPO
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FARM NEWS

Climate change affects meadows' ecosystems
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SHAKE AND BLOW

WWF presses Romania for long-term flood measures
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WATER WORLD

Ethiopia seeks to reassure Egypt over Nile waters
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA's GRIP To Take Unprecedented Look Inside Hurricanes
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EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This Summer
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 08, 2010
Three NASA aircraft will begin flights to study tropical cyclones on Aug. 15 during the agency's first major U.S.-based hurricane field campaign since 2001. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes mission, or GRIP, will study the creation and rapid intensification of hurricanes. Advanced instruments from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will be aboard two of the aircra ... more

FARM NEWS
China's AgBank raises 10 billion dollars in Shanghai IPO
Shanghai (AFP) July 7, 2010
Agricultural Bank of China said on Wednesday it raised 68.5 billion yuan (10.1 billion US dollars) from the Shanghai portion of its initial public offering. The amount included the overallotment option and put the bank on track to achieve the largest IPO on record by raising up to 22.1 billion dollars ahead of its dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the bank said in a statement to the Sh ... more

WATER WORLD
Cleaner Water Mitigates Climate Change Effects On Florida Keys Coral Reefs
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jul 08, 2010
Improving the quality of local water increases the resistance of coral reefs to global climate change, according to a study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series. Florida Institute of Technology coral reef ecologist Robert van Woesik and his student Dan Wagner led the study, which provides concrete evidence for a link between environmental health and the prospects for reefs in a rapi ... more

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Romanians brace for Danube flood peak

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Predicting Dust Storms With Infrared Satellites


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NUKEWARS
Recipes For Renegade Planets

First Directly Imaged Planet Confirmed Around Sun-Like Star

VLT Detects First Superstorm On Exoplanet

NUKEWARS
Facebook deal means virtual 'credits' can be bought in shops

Wake up, check Facebook

Apple to issue patch for iPhone 4 antenna woes

NUKEWARS
New System Helps Locate Car Park Spaces

Skyhook Wireless Partners With Samsung Electronics For Leading Location System

Telogis Expands Reach Into Construction And Heavy Lifting Sectors

NUKEWARS
China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

China eyes Argentina for space antenna

NUKEWARS
Russia And Europe May Join Forces To Protect Earth From Asteroids

The Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery

Australian scientists find Timor Sea meteorite crater

NUKEWARS
Rosetta Spacecraft Returns Unique Glimpses Of Asteroid Lutetia

Rockbreaking In Space

European probe Rosetta successfully flies by asteroid: ESA

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Saudi Scientists To Visit India To Seek ISRO Assistance
Delhi (PTI) Jul 07, 2010
A delegation of scientists from Saudi Arabia are set to visit India to ink an agreement with space agency ISRO for boosting cooperation that will help the country develop an indigenous space programme. The Saudi delegation, comprising of the country's leading scientists will visit the India Space Research Organisation later this month. The agreement to boost cooperation in space science is in line with a MoU signed between the two countries' space agencies during Prime Minister Manmohan Sing ... read more

EARTH OBSERVATION
Researchers Witness Overnight Breakup And Retreat Of Greenland Glacier

Google to resume taking 'Street View' photos next week

NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This Summer

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EARTH OBSERVATION
New System Helps Locate Car Park Spaces

Skyhook Wireless Partners With Samsung Electronics For Leading Location System

Telogis Expands Reach Into Construction And Heavy Lifting Sectors

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EARTH OBSERVATION
New Mumbai airport plan pits environment against business

Europe wields axe against illegal timber

Paper's toll on Indonesia's rainforests

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Biofuels Sustainability

Yield Projections For Switchgrass As A Biofuel Crop

Philippines gets funding for green energy

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Pennsylvania Invests 18 Million Dollars To Support Alternative Energy Projects

Understanding Solar PV Cost And Financing Estimators

Abound Solar Receieves Conditional Commitment For Loan Guarantee By US DoE

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