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Drought costs Russia one billion dollars in crop lossesMoscow (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 Russia's agriculture industry faces losses of over one billion dollars after a record drought destroyed over a quarter of its crops, an official said Monday. "The losses amount to about 32.7 billion rubles (1.07 billion dollars)," Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexander Petrikov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying. He said the drought had destroyed some 11 million hectares (27 million acres) of crops or 26 percent of the total harvest. Before the drought and a blistering heatwave, ... read more |
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Fortaleza (AFP) Aug 18, 2010The UN's pointman on desertification called Wednesday on participants at the next climate summit in Cancun to take urgent measures to prevent future disasters by staving off land degradation. "Those most vulnerable to climate change live in the driest parts of the globe: look at what is happening in Pakistan where the rain should come as a blessing and ends up being a curse," Luc Gnacadja to ... more  
Berlin (AFP) Aug 19, 2010Responding to a firestorm of protest in Germany over its disputed Street View navigation service, Google said Thursday it would extend a deadline for allowing people to opt out. The move is part of an effort to calm a virulent debate over privacy concerns with the service, which allows users to view online panoramic still photos taken at street level using specially equipped vehicles in citi ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 20, 2010Controlling urban growth and increasing forested land are the most effective ways to decrease future water runoff and flooding, according to a Purdue University study. Bryan Pijanowski, an associate professor of forestry and natural resources, used a model to simulate Michigan's Muskegon River watershed runoff rates from 1900 through the present and forecast them 30 years into the future. ... more |
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New Satellite Data Reveals True Decline Of World's Mangrove ForestsReston VA (SPX) Aug 19, 2010 New satellite imagery has given scientists the most comprehensive and exact data on the distribution and decline of mangrove forests from across the world. The research, carried out by scientists from the U.S Geological Survey and NASA, is published in Global Ecology and Biogeography, and reveals forest distribution is 12.3% smaller than earlier estimates. Mangrove forests are among the most productive and biologically important ecosystems of the world, including trees, palms and shrubs which grow ... read more |
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