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Alarming Increase In Flow Of Water Into OceansIrvine CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2010 Freshwater is flowing into Earth's oceans in greater amounts every year, a team of researchers has found, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms linked to global warming. All told, 18 percent more water fed into the world's oceans from rivers and melting polar ice sheets in 2006 than in 1994, with an average annual rise of 1.5 percent. "That might not sound like much - 1.5 percent a year - but after a few decades, it's huge," said Jay Famiglietti, UC Irvine Earth system science professor and p ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2010A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent more than 30 terabytes of free Earth science satellite data to South African researchers to support sustainable development and environmental applications in Africa. The data from one of the instruments on NASA's Terra satellite provide observations of Africa's surface and atmosphere, including vegetation structur ... more 
Dhanbad, India (SPX) Oct 07, 2010Freshwater is flowing into Earth's ocean in greater amounts every year, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms related to global warming, according to a first-of-its-kind study by a team of NASA and university researchers. The team, led by Tajdarul Syed of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, and formerly with the University of California, Irvine, used NASA and other world-scale ... more  
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 8, 2010China's Sinochem is seeking assurances from the Canadian government that its bid to acquire Potash Corp will be "fairly considered," before it proceeds, a major Canadian daily said Friday. "Sinochem won't proceed with a bid for the world's largest fertilizer firm unless it receives a positive signal from Ottawa," said the daily Globe and Mail, citing sources close to the state-owned enterpri ... more |
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iLOOKABOUT Scales Out Geospatial Imaging Opeations With IsilonSeattle WA (SPX) Oct 06, 2010 Isilon has announced that iLOOKABOUT has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to power its geospatial information services. Using the Isilon X-Series, featuring the OneFS operating system, iLOOKABOUT has consolidated its image ingest, processing and archiving onto a single, shared storage resource, simplifying data management to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. With Isilon scale-out storage, iLOOKABOUT can linearly and independently scale performance and capacity in-line with applicat ... read more |
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