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Lake Erie Hypoxic Zone Doesn't Affect All Fish The SameWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 17, 2011 Large hypoxic zones low in oxygen long have been thought to have negative influences on aquatic life, but a Purdue University study shows that while these so-called dead zones have an adverse affect, not all species are impacted equally. Tomas Hook, an assistant professor of forestry and natural resources, and former Purdue postdoctoral researcher Kristen Arend used output from a model to estimate how much dissolved oxygen was present in Lake Erie's hypoxic zone each day from 1987 to 2005. T ... read more |
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  Gene Helps Plants Use Less Water Without Biomass Loss Purdue University researchers have found a genetic mutation that allows a plant to better endure drought without losing biomass, a discovery that could reduce the amount of water required for growin ... more | .. |
 GM Chickens That Don't Transmit Bird Flu Developed Chickens genetically modified to prevent them spreading bird flu have been produced by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. The scientists have successfully developed ge ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: The U.S., China and food Of all the geopolitical and geoeconomic issues that the Chinese and American presidents will discuss in their Washington summit this week, the looming world food crisis isn't on the agenda. It should be because, each in its own way, these two countries share a massive responsibility. ... more | .. |
 New Farming Method To Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Increase Farm Yields U.S. agricultural practices create 58 percent of nitrous oxide in the world, which is the third most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Scientists believe nitrous oxide contributes to globa ... more |
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 Lameness - A Common And Painful Disease In Calves At any given time between 10 and 20 percent of cattle in the United States are afflicted with lameness, making it one of the most common ailments affecting feedlot and stocker calves. That's w ... more | .. |
 Miscanthus Has A Fighting Chance Against Weeds University of Illinois research reports that several herbicides used on corn also have good selectivity to Miscanthus x giganteus (Giant Miscanthus), a potential bioenergy feedstock. "No herbi ... more | .. |
 India to try growing salt-tolerant crops India says it will initiate a pilot project to see if salt-tolerant cash crops can be grown in the country's salty coastal areas. ... more | .. |
Argentina uneasy over La Nina hit on crops Argentina is feeling the effect of La Nina weather phenomenon on cash crops that are likely to have sharply lower yields because of low rainfall totals. ... more |
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States, cities to pursue Asian carp study Great Lakes cities and states are fast-tracking research on blocking the invasive Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan, a consortium of officials said. ... more | .. |
  NASA Satellites Capture A Stronger La Nina New NASA satellite data indicate the current La Nina event in the eastern Pacific has remained strong during November and December 2010. A new Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 s ... more | .. |
World agriculture threatened by water gluttony: report World agriculture employs more than one billion people but is in trouble because it's the biggest consumer of ever scarcer water and a huge producer of greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Chickens modified to halt bird flu British scientists say they have created the first genetically modified chickens that do not spread bird flu. ... more |
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Germany shuts 934 bird farms, piggeries after food scare Germany has closed 934 poultry farms and piggeries after a dioxin food scare, the agriculture ministry announced on Saturday. ... more | .. |
China bans German pork, egg imports Germany's dioxin problems deepened Wednesday as China banned pork and egg imports and it emerged that tainted meat may be in circulation, adding to pressure on Berlin's embattled agriculture minister. ... more | .. |
Germans go organic in dioxin scare At the popular Bio Company store in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, the shelves are virtually bare, as demand for organic meat and eggs spikes amid a dioxin crisis that has shaken Germans' faith in food. ... more | .. |
 Under Pressure: Stormy Weather Sensor For Hurricane Forecasting It's hard to believe that, in this day and age, we don't have a way to measure sea-level air pressure during hurricanes. NASA researchers, however, are working on a system that will improve forecast ... more |
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German pig cull after dioxin find German authorities ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs on Tuesday after finding high levels of dioxin in pork for the first time since shutting down thousands of farms for tests last week. ... more | .. |
Study: Ancient Croatia was farming gateway Archaeologists digging in southern Croatia say the area was a hub for early farmers who spread their sedentary lifestyle from the Middle East into Europe. ... more | .. |
 NASA Image Shows La Nina-Caused Woes Down Under The current La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, one of the strongest in the past 50 years, continues to exert a powerful influence on weather around the world, affecting rainfall and temperatures in varyi ... more | .. |
 Igloo-Shaped Poo-Gloos Eat Sewage Inexpensive igloo-shaped, pollution-eating devices nicknamed "Poo-Gloos" can clean up sewage just as effectively as multimillion-dollar treatment facilities for towns outgrowing their waste-treatmen ... more |
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  S. Korea battles renewed spread of bird flu, foot-and-mouth South Korea confirmed three new cases of bird flu on Sunday as the outbreak that began last month further hits farmers who are also battling the nation's worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. ... more | .. |
Global fears rise over German meat Global fears mounted on Saturday over the safety of German meat due to contaminated animal feed, with South Korea banning pork imports and Slovakia suspending poultry sales. ... more | .. |
 Statistical Analysis Can Estimate Crop Performance Scientists at Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom, in collaboration with the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria have developed a method of accounting for ... more | .. |
 Study Establishes Methods To Assess Recycled Aquifer Water The Australian Government National Water Commission funded a study to establish an approach to assess the quality of water treated using managed aquifer recharge. Researchers at Australia's CS ... more |
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