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Land Evapotranspiration Taking Unexpected Turn For WorseCorvallis OR (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, a group of researchers conclude in the first major study to ever examine "evapotranspiration" on a global basis. Most climate models have suggested that evapotranspiration, which is the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere, would increase with global warming. The new research, published online this week in the journal Nature, fou ... read more |
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Manila (AFP) Oct 12, 2010Asia is facing a worsening water crisis that threatens to curtail food production while taking an increasingly heavy toll on the region's economies, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday. Governments, industries and people around the region urgently need to stop wasting so much of the precious resource if they are to limit the shortage, ADB infrastructure advisor Arjun Thapan said. "Th ... more  
Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Oct 12, 2010 Uruguay is being courted by oil-rich Saudi Arabia as one its strategic food security partners that could meet some of the Persian Gulf kingdom's demand for food and grain. Saudi Arabia is spending tens of billions of dollars to turn its dry, harsh sandy terrain into agriculture-friendly areas. The program has had mixed results and subsidies remain the major source of sustenance for the ... more 
Kolontar, Hungary (AFP) Oct 10, 2010Hungary raced against time Sunday to erect a dam around a ruptured reservoir and divert a new wave of toxic sludge that threatens to overwhelm already devastated villages. As hundreds of volunteers joined engineers rushing to erect the 600-metre dam, a top official said it was only a matter of days before the reservoir housing a chemical residue would begin to crumble. "In two or three d ... more |
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Crop Failures Set To Increase Under Climate ChangeLeeds UK (SPX) Oct 11, 2010 Large-scale crop failures like the one that caused the recent Russian wheat crisis are likely to become more common under climate change due to an increased frequency of extreme weather events, a new study shows. However, the worst effects of these events on agriculture could be mitigated by improved farming and the development of new crops, according to the research by the University of Leeds, the Met Office Hadley Centre and University of Exeter. The unpredictability of the weather is one ... read more |
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