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NASA Spacecraft Images New Zealand Quake RegionPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2011 A day after a powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Christchurch, a city of 377,000 on New Zealand's South Island, on Feb. 22, 2011, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft imaged the Christchurch region. The imaging was done at the request of the International Charter, Space and Major Disasters, which provides emergency satellite data to federal agencies in disaster-stricken regions. Two images are presented here. The fir ... read more |
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  Applications for modified animals debated The Canadian government is considering requests to allow genetically modified fish and pigs, but the public may never hear of their decision, critics say. ... more | .. |
 High food prices threaten seething Mideast As if the Middle East wasn't battered enough by political turmoil, analysts say the region is likely to be hit by rising food prices - one of the problems that triggered the unrest. ... more | .. |
  Drought rattles farmers in eastern China Yu Ruicheng's weathered face creases with worry as she stands on her dry wheat field in eastern China, where a record drought is threatening to send soaring global food prices even higher. ... more | .. |
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 Examining Climate Change Effects On Wheat Wheat growers in the Southwest have a better idea about how to adjust to climate change in the decades ahead, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Arizona. Researchers ... more | .. |
 Transitioning To Organic Farming As the organic food trend continues to grow; more farmers are converting from conventional agriculture to organic production. One of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. is the production of orga ... more | .. |
  California water future called 'bleak' Scientists say the water situation in California is "bleak" and the state needs to act to bolster its entire aquatic ecosystem. ... more | .. |
 Scientists warn of water woes Demand for water in agriculture and energy production could spike in the coming decades while catastrophic floods and droughts strike more often, a water conference in Canada is to hear this week. ... 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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 Earth's Core Rotating Faster Than Rest Of The Planet New research gives the first accurate estimate of how much faster the Earth's core is rotating compared to the rest of the planet. Previous research had shown that the Earth's core rotates fas ... more | .. |
 Oldest Water On Earth New evidence bolsters the notion that deep saline groundwaters in South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for many thousands, perhaps even millions, of years. The study, ... more | .. |
 Southern U.S. said source of ant spread Global invasions of fire ants can be traced back to the southern United States where the nuisance insect first gained a hold in the 1930s, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Glory And Taurus Ready For Liftoff The launch of NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califor ... more |
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Water filter for disaster use developed Canadian researchers say they're working on a cheap, portable, paper-based water filter coated with silver nanoparticles for use in emergencies and disasters. ... more | .. |
 Multiple Approaches Necessary To Tackle World's Food Problems 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 biologis ... more | .. |
 GIS Development Announces Latin American Geospatial Forum GIS Development with intent to expand its activities and programs in Latin American continent has announced their upcoming conference Latin American Geospatial Forum to be organised from 17th 19th A ... 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 |
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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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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
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 |
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 Europe to forge ahead on climate satellite European space officials say they will press ahead with a planned Earthcare space laser mission despite a 30 percent increase in its likely final cost. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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