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Leaking Underground CO2 Storage Could Contaminate Drinking WaterDurham NC (SPX) Nov 15, 2010 Leaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in the water tenfold or more in some places, according to a study by Duke University scientists. Based on a year-long analysis of core samples from four drinking water aquifers, "We found the potential for contamination is real, but there are ways to avoid or reduce the risk," says Robert B. Jackson, Nicholas Professor of ... read more |
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 Beijing to melt snow to address water shortage Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years, state media reported Friday. ... more | .. |
 Arabs face severe water crisis by 2015 Lebanon, once considered to have an abundance of water, is threatened with acute shortages as the Arab world lurches toward severe water scarcity as early as 2015. ... more | .. |
  Large land deals a threat to farmers: U.N. Large-scale acquisitions of agricultural land and expansion of biofuel feedstock crops are driving farmers deeper into poverty and hunger, U.N. studies showed. ... more | .. |
 Russia, Japan, China firms in billion dollar fertiliser deal Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday oversaw the signing of a one-billion-dollar deal with Japanese and Chinese firms for a fertiliser plant, despite diplomatic tensions with Tokyo. ... more |
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 Italian activists call for stop to water privatisation Italian activists called for an immediate moratorium on the privatisation of water supply services in Italy on Friday, ahead of UN-backed talks on climate change in Cancun later this month. ... more | .. |
  In Greece's fallow fields, solar energy stirs The son and grandson of farmers, Spyros Papathanassiou spends most of the day overseeing his family olive press and winery in the outskirts of Asopia, a village northeast of Athens. ... more | .. |
 Robust Methods For GMO Detection Ready At Hand A new Reference Report published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) lists 79 reference methods for GMO analysis which have been validated according to international standards. ... more | .. |
 Scientists Launch Global Scheme To Boost Rice Yields While Reducing Damage To Environment One of the world's largest global scientific partnerships for sustainable agricultural development has launched a bold new research initiative that aims to dramatically improve the ability of rice f ... more |
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  GPS IIF-1 Introduces A Host Of New Capabilities For Users There's no satellite system that touches so many lives in so many ways around the world like the Global Positioning System. From finance to farming, from ATMs to UAVs, from rescue missions to shoppi ... more | .. |
  NASA Study Quantifies Role Of Melt In Loss Of Old Arctic Sea Ice Since the start of the satellite record in 1979, scientists have observed the continued disappearance of older "multiyear" sea ice that survives more than one summer melt season. Some scientists sus ... more | .. |
 Invasive grass threatens U.S. grazing land An invasive species of "devil" weed in range lands in the western United States could make millions of acres of grazing land worthless, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Go For Getz And A South Pole Flyover On Nov. 4, 2010, the DC-8 flew over South Pole Station, a research station at Earth's geographic South Pole, before heading back to IceBridge's mission base in Punta Arenas, Chile. Credit: Digital M ... more |
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 Study launched to boost rice production A $600 million global scheme to boost rice yields was announced in Hanoi Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Improving Soil For Better Lawns And Gardens U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in West Virginia are finding ways to improve soil on degraded land so it can be used for sports fields and other uses. Researchers with USDA's ... more | .. |
 Turtle meat killed six in Micronesia, government says Six people died and more than 90 fell ill after eating endangered turtles in Micronesia, the Pacific nation's government said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Argentina predicts record crop yields Argentina expects its corn and wheat crop yields this year to exceed expectations, adding to recent improvements in outlook for soya exports to China, that were suspended earlier this year over a contamination row. ... more |
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 Nicaragua, Costa Rica tense over map 'war' Costa Rica is recovering from the shock of a Nicaraguan border incursion over the small matter of a Google map misunderstood by the invaders. ... more | .. |
 Modeling Glacier Fed Water Dependency Glaciers of large mountain regions contribute, to some extent considerably, to the water supply of certain populated areas. However, in a recent study conducted by Innsbruck glaciologists and climat ... more | .. |
 New Insect Birth Control Strategy Zaps Cotton Pests Using pests as part of an insect birth control program helps to get rid of them, UA researchers find. A new approach that combines the planting of pest-resistant cotton and releasing large numbers o ... more | .. |
FCC investigating Google 'Street View' data harvest US government telecom regulators said Wednesday they are investigating the collection of private wireless data by Google's "Street View" mapping service. ... more |
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Bridges speaks out to end childhood hunger Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges took on a new role Wednesday - chief advocate for a campaign to end childhood hunger in America in five years. ... more | .. |
Study: Europe's first farmers invaded An international team led by DNA experts in Australia says it has resolved the longstanding question of who introduced farming to Europe about 8,000 years ago. ... more | .. |
 Use Satellites To Know Your Snow As winter approaches, northern dwellers will get assistance from space to help them face the harsh weather. Satellite information on snow cover is now available through ESA's GlobSnow project soon a ... more | .. |
 NASA Extends TIMED Mission For Fourth Time Nine years after beginning its unprecedented look at the gateway between Earth's environment and space, not to mention collecting more data on the upper atmosphere than any other satellite, NASA's T ... more |
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