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First-Ever Global Map Of Surface Permeability Informs Water SupplyVancouver, Canada (SPX) Jan 27, 2011 University of British Columbia researchers have produced the first map of the world outlining the ease of fluid flow through the planet's porous surface rocks and sediments. The maps and data, published in Geophysical Research Letters, could help improve water resource management and climate modelling, and eventually lead to new insights into a range of geological processes. "This is the first global-scale picture of near-surface permeability, and is based on rock type data at greater depths ... read more |
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  Farmland seizures spark sharp divide in Venezuela Farmers whose land is being taken away by the government of Hugo Chavez are gearing up for a struggle to keep their properties in fertile western Venezuela, a stronghold for the opposition. ... more | .. |
Japan culls chickens in key poultry farming area Japan began slaughtering thousands of chickens on Wednesday in the country's largest poultry farming area to fight an outbreak of bird flu, a local official said. ... more | .. |
  Australians face flood recovery tax Australia unveiled a flood tax on higher earners Thursday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned the deluge would shave 0.5 points off GDP in fiscal 2010 and cost Aus$5.6 billion for recovery. ... more | .. |
Call for halt to pesticides in bee deaths Pesticides implicated in widespread bee deaths should be discontinued in Britain pending scientific evidence about their effects, U.K. politicians were told. ... more |
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 New Anglo-Swiss Research Questions Impact Of GM Wheat On Insects An Anglo-Swiss research project has found that the impact of disease-resistant genetically-modified wheat plants on insects may be negligible. Many studies have looked at the effects of geneti ... more | .. |
 New Crop Of Plant Scientists Emerges At CSIRO Some of Australia's top science and engineering students have begun a ten-week, hands-on work experience program at CSIRO Plant Industry's research facilities in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Nar ... more | .. |
 Toward Controlling Fungus That Caused Irish Potato Famine Scientists are reporting a key advance toward development of a way to combat the terrible plant diseases that caused the Irish potato famine and still inflict billions of dollars of damage to crops ... more | .. |
 China earmarks $303 bn for safe water: report China plans to invest $303 billion in water infrastructure projects over the next five years that would give millions of rural residents access to safe drinking water, state media reported. ... more |
  
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 Philippines rice 2010 farm output hit by weather Rice output in the Philippines, the world's largest importer of the grain, fell last year as the country's farms were hit by a drought and typhoons, the agriculture ministry said Friday. ... more | .. |
  China farmers to get $15 bn subsidies amid drought China says it had earmarked about $15 billion in subsidies for millions of farmers who have been hit by a severe drought that has driven prices as the government tries to battle inflation. ... more | .. |
 Battling Superweeds With Less Chemicals They pop up in farm fields across 22 states, and they've been called the single largest threat to production agriculture that farmers have ever seen. They are "superweeds" - undesirable plants ... more | .. |
 World needs global food system overhaul: report The world needs fundamental changes to the global food system to feed the expanding population, according to a British government report out Monday on how to feed the planet until 2050. ... more |
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 China drought threatens water supplies: state media A months-long dry spell across northern China is threatening drinking water supplies and crops, and more bone-dry conditions are expected, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
EU warns of stricter controls after German dioxin scare EU health commissioner John Dalli warned Monday that bloc-wide new measures are needed over and above German moves aimed at preventing a repeat of a damaging dioxin poisoning scare in farm produce. ... more | .. |
 Water pacts 'could bring Mideast peace' Water scarcity in the Middle East can be the catalyst for reducing, rather than causing, conflict in the volatile region, a Beirut think tank says in a report that urges a major "paradigm shift" in how regional states view the problem of dwindling water resources. ... more | .. |
 Japan to cull 410,000 chickens to fight bird flu Japan will cull around 410,000 chickens at a major poultry farm in western Miyazaki prefecture to tackle an outbreak of bird flu, an official said Sunday. ... more |
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 From fire to flood for Australia's farmers Marshall Rodda weathered Australia's decade-long drought, but as he recovers from record-breaking floods the seasoned farmer can't help thinking that when it rains, it pours. ... more | .. |
  Russia Launches Meteorological Satellite Russia launched on Thursday a Zenit-3SB rocket carrying a meteorological satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said. "The launch was carried ... more | .. |
 NASA's Glory Mission Will Study Key Pieces Of Climate Puzzle Earth's climate continues to change at a rapid pace. Last week, NASA announced that 2010 was tied as the warmest year on record. Likewise, the last decade was the warmest in the 130-year global temp ... more | .. |
 St. John, US Virgin Islands Part of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the island of St. John incorporates both a land-based national park and a sea-based national monument. First established in 1956 and later expanded by the U.S. Congr ... more |
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 Rising food prices spell trouble for Arabs Rising food prices, which triggered the downfall of the Tunisian regime and rioting in Algeria, threaten further trouble across the Middle East and North Africa, a region heavily dependent on food imports. ... more | .. |
 3D Model Of Ionosphere F-Region The first global simulation study of equatorial spread F (ESF) bubble evolution using a comprehensive 3D ionosphere model, SAMI3, has been demonstrated. The model self-consistently solves for the ne ... more | .. |
 Flooding In Brisbane Suburbs This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane, Australia metropolitan region. The Brisbane area experienced catastrophic flooding following unusually heavy rainf ... more | .. |
 Choosing Organic Milk Could Offset Effects Of Climate Change Wetter, cooler summers can have a detrimental effect on the milk we drink, according to new research published by Newcastle University. Researchers found milk collected during a particularly p ... more |
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 Germany moves to head off more dioxin food scares The German cabinet approved a package of measures on Wednesday aimed at preventing a repeat of this month's damaging scare over dioxin poisoning in farm produce. ... more | .. |
 Climate change could boost crops in US, China A global population explosion combined with the steady effects of climate change are forecast to create a worldwide food shortage in the next 10 years, but the news isn't all bad for some countries. ... more | .. |
 ISRO Ready To Provide Satellite Images Of Sabarimala India's premier space agency ISRO has offered to provide to the Kerala government satellite pictures of Sabarimala area for taking measures to prevent disasters like the stampede that claimed 102 li ... more | .. |
 Purdue Wraps Up Livestock Emission Study, Starts Number Crunching Purdue University researchers have delivered data to the Environmental Protection Agency on a two-year National Air Emissions Monitoring Study that gives a look at air quality on and around livestoc ... more |
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 Gene maps could yield new grape varieties U.S. researchers say the future of wine-making hinges on developing news varieties of grapes and maps of the grape genome can help. ... more | .. |
 Climate change could boost crops in US, China A global population explosion combined with the steady effects of climate change are forecast to create a worldwide food shortage in the next 10 years, but the news isn't all bad for some countries. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Food Prices Insulate Agriculture Sector From Wider Economy Woes Much of the U.S. economy has been slow to recover from the recession. That hasn't been true of farmland markets, which have continued to climb, a group of Purdue University agricultural economists s ... more |
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