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December 30, 2010
EARTH OBSERVATION
Season's Greetings: NASA Views The Change Of Seasons
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2010
The change of seasons on Earth has been a cause for celebration since time immemorial. Caused by the tilt of Earth's axis relative to its orbital plane around the sun, seasons have profound changes on our weather and climate. When seasons change, nature reacts differently, depending on location. Temperatures change, rain or snow falls, rivers may flood, to name just a few effects. From space, NASA satellites record the change of seasons. Satellite images show large parts of ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION

TanDEM-X Ready For Routine Operations In 2011
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WATER WORLD

For Egypt, new Sudan state threat to Nile
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EARTH OBSERVATION

ESA Unveils Latest Map Of World's Land Cover
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Climate change won't end civilization, says Bill Gates
Polar bears sustain arctic scavengers with millions of kilograms of food each year
Downgraded Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba; Cyclone Montha slams into India
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FARM NEWS

Irrigation pump helps rural Indian farmers
For rural farmers in India, an irrigation pump means no longer having to depend on unreliable monsoon showers to sustain livelihoods. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Expert warns on China's future food supply
Land degradation in China poses a challenge to the country's future food supply, a U.N. envoy said. ... more
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Something fishy holds hope for Angola tourism
Post-war Angola may not stand out as a top African tourist destination but adventure anglers fishing for the giant tarpon look set to put the country back on the visitors map. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Chateau Lafite, thanks to a lucky 8, takes off in China
When Chateau Lafite chief executive Christophe Salin set a modest price for the 2008 vintage in April 2009, the financial world was melting down. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Study: Human error spreads GM crops
Careless handling of the seeds of genetically modified crops may be the key reason for their unintended spread, U.S. researchers say. ... more
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FARM NEWS

'Plant List' gives boost to conservation effort
Capping the UN's International Year of Biodiversity, botanists in Britain and the United States on Wednesday unveiled a library of plant names aimed at helping conservationists, drug designers and agriculture researchers. ... more
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WATER WORLD

China to invest 30 billion dollars in water saving projects
China plans to invest 30 billion dollars on water conservation projects in 2011 to reduce the impact of natural disasters on grain production, state media said Saturday. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Bangladesh's once plentiful rivers run low on fish
Bangladesh's rivers have provided for fisherman Rafiqul Islam's family for generations but a few years ago the 27-year-old noticed his nets were coming up empty. ... more
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France rediscovers its forgotten wines
Bernard Plageoles' eyes flash with anger as he describes a largely futile 30-year struggle to dissuade fellow vintners from ripping up the now rare grape varietals that once defined this historic wine region. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Honeybee virus may threaten wild cousins
Eleven species of wild pollinators in the United States have turned up carrying some of the viruses known to menace domestic honeybees, researchers say. ... more
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WATER WORLD

GE to pay 500 mln dollars for New York river cleanup
General Electric said Thursday it will soon complete a 500-million-dollar toxic waste cleanup project in New York's Hudson river to settle a decades-old battle with US environmental authorities. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Price rises highlight China food supply challenges: UN envoy
Recent food price surges in China have underscored the supply challenges the country faces, as decreasing arable land is making it harder to maintain farm output, a UN envoy said Thursday. ... more
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Jailing China food activists has 'chilling effect': UN envoy
Convicting food safety whistleblowers in China has a "chilling effect" on other activists, a UN envoy said Thursday, after the November jailing of a man who campaigned for victims of a tainted milk scandal. ... more
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WATER WORLD

Waterways Contribute To Growth Of Potent Greenhouse Gas
Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, has increased by more than 20 percent over the last century, and nitrogen in waterways is fueling part of that growth, according to a Michigan State Universit ... more
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WATER WORLD

Recreating Colonial Hydrology
Hydrologists may have a new way to study historical water conditions. By synthesizing present-day data with historical records they may be able to recreate broad hydrologic trends on a regional basi ... more
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FARM NEWS

New Zealand blocks Hong Kong firm's farm bid
New Zealand on Wednesday blocked a Hong Kong firm's bid to buy a bankrupt dairy farm group in a proposal which sparked heated debate about foreign land ownership. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
First Super-Earth Atmosphere Analyzed

Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets

Qatar-Led International Team Finds Its First Alien World

ROBO SPACE
'Zombie satellite' finally reboots itself

Orbiting junk seen as major space threat

TRACE Spacecraft's New Slewing Procedure

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Galileo Pathfinder GIOVE-A Achieves Five Years In Orbit

Launch Of New Russian Navigation Satellite Postponed To Next Year

Galileo's Navigation Control Hub Opens In Fucino

ROBO SPACE
China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

ROBO SPACE
Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

Peak viewing for 'shooting stars' meteor show

ROBO SPACE
SOHO Spots 2000th Comet

Asteroid's Coat Of Many Colors

NASA Discovers Asteroid Delivered Assortment Of Meteorites

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FARM NEWS

South Korea fights foot-and-mouth outbreak
South Korea says it will begin vaccinating livestock to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that has forced the destruction of thousands of animals. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Mexico Quake Studies Uncover Surprises For California
New technologies developed by NASA and other agencies are revealing surprising insights into a major earthquake that rocked parts of the American Southwest and Mexico in April, including increased p ... more
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FARM NEWS

Bioethics Commission Calls For Enhanced Federal oversight In Field of Synthetic Biology
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has released its first report-a wide-ranging review of the emerging field of synthetic biology - issuing 18 recommendations including a ... more
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FARM NEWS

Australians buy cows and sheep with a mouse
Buying sheep and cattle in Australia used to be a tough business - drovers would herd livestock thousands of kilometres across the hot and remote Outback for auction. Now ranchers can buy a herd with just a few clicks of a mouse from the comfort of a tractor cab. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Goji Berries Have A Significant Placebo Effect
A University of Granada professor specialist in Nutrition explained that the species Lycium Barbarum - currently imported from China - comes from the Mediterranean regions and grows in other mild re ... more
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WATER WORLD

A Positive Step In The Face of Uncertainty
Enormous uncertainty. These two words describe the condition of Phoenix's climate and water supply in the 21st century. Reservoirs have dipped to their lowest levels, continuous drought has plagued ... more
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FARM NEWS

Chavez, farmers square off over land seizure
Scores of farmers in western Venezuela squared off with the military at road blocks Monday, saying they would rather die than have President Hugo Chavez turn their land over to thousands of homeless flood victims. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Satellites Give An Eagle Eye On Thunderstorms
It's one of the more frustrating parts of summer. You check the weather forecast, see nothing dramatic, and go hiking or biking. Then, four hours later, a thunderstorm appears out of nowhere and rui ... more
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