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Multiple Approaches Necessary To Tackle World's Food ProblemsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 23, 2011 Researchers need to use all available resources in an integrated approach to put agriculture on a path to solve the world's food problems while reducing pollution, according to a Penn State biologist. Changes in national and international regulations will be necessary to achieve this goal. "Using resources more efficiently is what it will take to put agriculture on a path to feed the expected future population of nine billion people," said Nina Fedoroff, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Willaman ... read more |
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 Genetically modified crops on the rise The amount of the world's farmland utilized for growing genetically modified crops increase by about 10 percent last year, a biotechnology organization says. ... more | .. |
EU agrees to allow traces of GM crops in EU animal feed Crops containing tiny traces of genetically modified produce will be allowed to enter the European food chain for the first time under plans approved by EU governments Tuesday and attacked by environmental campaigners. ... more | .. |
  ADB to lend $1 bn for clean water in Vietnam Thousands of families in Vietnam's largest city will get their own water supply for the first time under a programme funded by a $1 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the bank said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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Nanomaterial filters bacteria from water U.S. researchers say a newly developed nanomaterial could help solve the age-old public health problem of removing harmful bacteria from drinking water. ... more | .. |
  2012 Science Budget Endorsed By Earth And Space Scientists The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has endorsed President Barack Obama's 2012 budget request, specifically noting its recognition of the critical impact scientific research has on economic competi ... more | .. |
 Why Are Vines Overtaking The American Tropics Sleeping Beauty's kingdom was overgrown by vines when she fell into a deep sleep. Researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee received more than a million d ... more | .. |
 Two New Plants Discovered In Spain Just when everyone thought that almost every plant species on the Iberian Peninsula had been discovered, Spanish researchers have discovered Taraxacum decastroi and Taraxacum lacianense, two dandeli ... more |
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China's low-altitude economy takes flight across multiple industries
China's satellite network group advances Beidou-internet integration
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  Thousands flee as Philippine volcano erupts Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes as a volcano erupted on Monday, sending a spectacular column of ash high into the sky, residents said. ... more | .. |
Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050 A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Ground-Based Lasers Vie With Satellites To Map Earth's Magnetic Field Mapping the Earth's magnetic field - to find oil, track storms or probe the planet's interior - typically requires expensive satellites. University of California, Berkeley, physicists have now come ... more | .. |
 Monitoring Killer Mice From Space The risk of deadly hantavirus outbreaks in people can be predicted months ahead of time by using satellite images to monitor surges in vegetation that boost mouse populations, a University of Utah s ... more |
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Swedish city declares its tap water 'safe' Residents of Ostersund, Sweden, were told their tap water is drinkable after three months of boiling water supplies after a parasite outbreak, officials said. ... more | .. |
 UK Celebrates A Decade Of Disaster Monitoring From Space A UK-led international consortium that uses satellite imagery to provide disaster mitigation celebrates its ten year anniversary this week as its members meet in London to plan for the coming decade ... more | .. |
  2.4 million in Somalia face drought: UN 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. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 |
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