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Tile Drainage Directly Related To Nitrate LossUrbana IL (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 Tile drainage in the Mississippi Basin is one of the great advances of the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing highly productive agriculture in what was once land too wet to farm. In fact, installation of new tile systems continues every year, because it leads to increased crop yields. But a recent study shows that the most heavily tile-drained areas of North America are also the largest contributing source of nitrate to the Gulf of Mexico, leading to seasonal hypoxia. In the summer of 2010 this dead zone ... read more |
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Dakar, Senegal (SPX) Sep 29, 2010A long neglected crop with the potential to halt hunger for millions in Africa, sustain the livestock revolution underway in developing countries, rejuvenate nutrient-sapped soils, and even feed astronauts on extended space missions, is attracting scientists from around the world to Senegal this week for the Fifth World Cowpea Research Conference. "It's hard to imagine a more perfect crop, ... more  
London (UPI) Sep 28, 2010 A $160 million project will launch three new British satellites by 2013 to image the surface of Earth, a commercial company says. Spacecraft manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and its data processing subsidiary DMCii say the satellites will be able to make out details down to 1 meter (39.37 inches) at their best resolution, the BBC reported Tuesday. Nations without the ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2010A decade-long, multibillion dollar effort to restore the Florida Everglades has made tangible albeit slow progress, but additional projects need completion before substantial benefits are seen, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Challenges in achieving targets for both water quality and water flow have become more apparent, requiring further scie ... more |
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Australia faces record locust swarmsSydney (UPI) Sep 27, 2010 Australia faces the prospect of the worst plague of locusts to hit the country in 75 years, which could cost billions in damage to farms, experts say. Prolonged warm, wet weather last summer meant that three generations of locusts were born, each one up to 150 times larger than the previous generation, Britain's The Independent reported Sunday. After spending the winter underground, the first generation of 2010 is already hatching, and after the wettest August in seven years the climate ... read more |
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