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2.4 million in Somalia face drought: UNUnited Nations (AFP) Feb 17, 2011 Somalia, home to one of the world's largest population of displaced people, is teetering on a crisis with drought now threatening some 2.4 million people, a UN official said Thursday. "Somalia... is on the brink of a much larger disaster due to the threat of a country-wide drought," said UN under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos. "Malnutrition has increased in the last six months in Southern Somalia and 2.4 million, 32 percent of the population, remain in crisis," she tol ... read more |
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  World Phosphorus Use Crosses Critical Threshold Recalculating the global use of phosphorus, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the indus ... more | .. |
  New Way To Estimate Global Rainfall And Track Ocean Pollution A study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests a new way to estimate how much of the ocean's pollution is falling from the sky. ... more | .. |
 Trialling Ocean Temperature Forecasts For Fish Farms Marine scientists are trialling the first near-shore water temperature forecasts to assist Australia's aquaculture farm managers contending with rising ocean temperatures. While land farmers h ... more | .. |
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 Feds still working on Asian carp problem A federal official outlined for an audience in Milwaukee the government's efforts to protect endangered freshwater fisheries from the invasive Asian carp. ... more | .. |
 Controversial Swedish wolf hunt ends, one escapes Sweden's controversial wolf hunt, which has sparked widespread criticism from environmentalists and legal action from the European Commission, ended with hunters failing to cull one of the 20 animals in the quota, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Japan touts pedal-powered water purifier A Japanese company is gearing up for large-scale production in Bangladesh of a bicycle that can also be used to purify water at disaster zones or remote villages. ... more | .. |
China rice laced with heavy metals: report Up to 10 percent of rice grown in China is contaminated with harmful heavy metals but little has been done to highlight the possible public health risks, a report said. ... more |
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  Paraguay commodities at risk from tax law Paraguay's commodities trade is facing a new threat from government moves to impose levies on soybean, beef and other commodity exports to raise cash for reducing a $400 million budget deficit. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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Higher CO2 could change plant evolution Higher carbon dioxide levels brought on by global warming may alter plant evolution, research by University of Michigan scientists indicates. ... more | .. |
 China says drought won't affect world food prices China sought Tuesday to alleviate fears about the global impact of a drought in its wheat-growing regions that has raised concern it could send world food prices soaring. ... more | .. |
  Biogeochemistry At The Core Of Global Environmental Solutions If society wants to address big picture environmental problems, like global climate change, acid rain, and coastal dead zones, we need to pay closer attention to the Earth's coupled biogeochemical c ... more |
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Russia's Burevestnik: A Nuclear-Powered Missile That Defies Convention
China hails coming of 'multipolar world' ahead of Trump-Xi talks
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Walker's World: The new Egypt needs food As Egypt seeks to establish a new and representative political system after the fall of the Mubarak regime, the one helpful action the United States and Europe could take would be to ensure that Egypt's drama doesn't turn into desperate tragedy by ensuring its food supply. ... more | .. |
 Healing Our Planetary Ills From The Ground Up Under our feet and ubiquitous, lowly soil can be easily overlooked when it comes to addressing climate change and population growth. But in the January-February issue of the Soil Science Society of ... more | .. |
Floods disrupt Sri Lanka's rice production Recent flooding in Sri Lanka destroyed more than one-third of the county's upcoming rice harvest, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Putting Trees On Farms Fundamental To Future Agricultural Development Trees growing on farms will be essential to future development. As the number of trees in forests is declining every year, the number of trees on farms is increasing. Marking the launch of the Inter ... more |
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 Livestock Boom Risks Aggravating Animal Plagues Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countrie ... more | .. |
 Pheromone Increases Foraging Honey Bees, Leads To Healthier Hives The application of a naturally occurring pheromone to honey bee test colonies increases colony growth resulting in stronger hives overall, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Oregon ... more | .. |
 Satellites Locate Seized Italian Oil Tanker The Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, operated by the Italian space agency, have acquired the first images of the Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn since it was hijacked earlier this week by Somali pirates in ... more | .. |
P Summit Calls For A New Alchemy Around Phosphorus And Food The problem with phosphorus, a critical element in fertilizers and food, is, as comedian Rodney Dangerfield would say, that it "can't get no respect." Increasingly scarce, yet commonly overuse ... more |
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Orion spacecraft prepared for lunar mission as stacking with SLS rocket achieved
Flight Readiness Achieved for CarbSAR Mission With SSTL and Oxford Space Systems
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Morales aborts visit amid food riot fears Bolivian President Evo Morales canceled an appearance at a public event amid fears that protests over food prices and availability will spark riots in the country. ... more | .. |
 TerraSAR-X-Image Of The Month: Calving Icebergs On Queen Maud Land If the city of Bonn were located on the edge of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, in the Antarctic, its inhabitants would now be embarking on a journey through the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An iceberg with ... more | .. |
US trade chief urges Europe to open market to GM foods A top US trade official said she will bang down the door of the European Commission Thursday in a bid to break a longstanding impasse blocking the march of genetically-modified foods. ... more | .. |
Water shortages to force Mideast cooperation: study A report for the Swiss and Swedish governments warned on Thursday that water shortages in the Middle East were so alarming that opposing camps in the region would have little choice but to cooperate. ... more |
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Snows fall in north China, but drought to persist Light snow covered much of drought-hit north China on Thursday, but the welcome respite was unlikely to signal the end of a severe dry spell that has sparked UN warnings about the impact on crops. ... more | .. |
China PM vows to keep prices stable despite drought Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday his government was confident it could maintain grain supplies and keep prices stable as a severe dry spell in wheat-growing regions imperils the winter crop. ... more | .. |
China to spur rice output as drought shrivels wheat China called Wednesday for higher rice output to offset damage to its wheat crop in the drought-stricken north and pledged $1 billion in spending to battle a problem the UN warned could be "very serious". ... more | .. |
 NASA's Earth Data System Earns Praise If you're distributing 412 million data products in a year to more than 1.1 million users, how do you ever make sure people are getting what they want? The Earth Observing System Data and Informatio ... more |
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