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Ocean Conditions Likely To Reduce Colorado River Flows During This Winter's DroughtLos Angeles (SPX) Oct 07, 2010 The convergence in the coming year of three cyclical conditions affecting ocean temperatures and weather is likely to create unprecedented challenges for states that depend on water from the Colorado River, a new UCLA study suggests. "If I were concocting a recipe for a perfect drought, this would be it," said Glen MacDonald, co-author of the study and director of UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Along with a former graduate student, MacDonald has found that the combin ... read more |
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Dakar, Senegal (UPI) Oct 1, 2010 One of the world's oldest crops could combat hunger for millions, sustain livestock in developing countries an even feed astronauts in space, researchers say. Scientists from around the world gathered in Dakar, Senegal, last week to talk about the wonder crop at the Fifth World Cowpea Research Conference, a release from the organizers, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 1, 2010Russia's top agriculture official on Friday said that the government would not lift its ban on grain exports before July 1 next year. The state news agency RIA Novosti quoted First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov as saying that it did not make sense to speak of the resumption of grain exports ahead of winter. "It is not worth raising the issue before transition to the new season - u ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2010Tropical Storm Nicole was a tropical storm for around 6 hours before it weakened into a remnant low pressure area and is now off the Florida coast. NASA Satellite imagery captured different views of Nicole's clouds as the system weakened back into a low pressure area. While Nicole weakened, a huge trough of low pressure over the U.S. eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine has become the ke ... more |
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Global Study Finds Widespread Threats To Global RiversNew York NY (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 Multiple environmental stressors, such as agricultural runoff, pollution and invasive species, threaten rivers that serve 80 percent of the world's population, around 5 billion people, according to researchers from The City College (CCNY) of The City University of New York (CUNY), University of Wisconsin and seven other institutions. These same stressors endanger the biodiversity of 65 percent of the world's river habitats and put thousands of aquatic wildlife species at risk. The findings, report ... read more |
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