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Yale Scientist Helps Pinpoint Threats To Life In World's RiversNew Haven, CT (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 The food chain - the number of organisms that feed on each other - in the world's streams and rivers depends more upon the size of the stream and whether the waterways flood or run dry than the amount of available food resources, Yale University and Arizona State University (ASU) researchers report online in the Oct. 14 issue of the journal Science Express. The findings suggest that large predators in river systems will be threatened by increased variability in water flow induced by climate change ... read more |
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 US awards Jordan 275-million-dollar grant to improve water The United States on Monday awarded Jordan a 275-million-dollar grant to improve water distribution and wastewater collection in the northeastern city of Zarqa. ... more | .. |
  Global food fest urges return to farmers' 'common sense' Was it a back to the future moment? Chefs and farmers gathered in northern Italy urging a revolution in global eating habits by returning to the common sense that guided farmers of old. ... more | .. |
 Philippines, Norway vaults play key roles in rice diversity In a greenhouse near the Philippine capital, botanists grow strange grasses that bear tiny seeds which are promptly flown to a doomsday vault under Norway's Arctic permafrost. ... more | .. |
Chinese blogger creates Google maps of violent land grabs A Chinese blogger is tracking violent and sometimes deadly land grabs taking place in the Asian nation and recording them on Google Maps in a bid to try and get people to boycott "blood housing." ... more | .. |
 London's fruit trees offer bountiful urban harvest An apple tree heavy with fruit hangs over the road from a private garden, unnoticed by passers-by until fruit pickers start the age-old harvest ritual - smack in the midst of London's urban jungle. ... more |
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Vouliagmeni, Greece (AFP) Oct 22, 2010Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayaad on Friday called on the international community to help find a solution to the difficult access to water in the occupied territories. More should be done for the Palestinians to have access to the available resources respecting international rules on the sharing of water resources, Fayaad said after Mediterranean countries signed a declaration on the f ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2010China has launched an official online mapping service as US Internet giant Google continues to hold out on applying for a licence to provide a similar service in the country, state media said Friday. The government-backed service Map World is free and allows users to search for two and three-dimensional images across the globe, the China Daily said. "In the near future, Map World will gr ... more 
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Oct 21, 2010 Chile's industrial advancement has been achieved at some cost to the country's freshwater resources but it's only now that awareness of the impending crisis has led to calls for action, environmentalist campaigners said. Chilean campaigners for a more intelligent and less destructive use of freshwater resources by industry are being helped by the Water Footprint Network, a non-profit or ... more |
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US commits 275 mln dlrs to improve Jordan waterWashington (AFP) Oct 22, 2010 The United States said Friday it will commit 275 million dollars to help parched ally Jordan improve its water supply. The grant, to be signed Monday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, will "increase the supply of available water" in the country, a State Department statement said. The project will look at the efficiency of water delivery as well as treatment and collection of wastewater. The assistance comes through the US Millennium Challenge ... read more |
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