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Soils of U.K., Europe drying outParis (UPI) May 9, 2011 Satellite measurements show that soils of Britain and Europe are drying out from record low rainfall in the region this spring, researchers say. The European Space Agency Smos satellite has been gathering information being analyzed by meteorologists, hydrologists and other scientists, the BBC reported Monday. Last month was the warmest April on record in Britain, with less than half normal rainfall, the BBC said. When soils are dry, water available for evaporation is limited and i ... read more |
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 US farmers dodge the impacts of global warming at least for now Global warming is likely already taking a toll on world wheat and corn production, according to a new study led by Stanford University researchers. But the United States, Canada and northern Mexico ... more | .. |
  Saudis reject Mecca holy water scare Saudi authorities have rejected claims that holy Zamzam water from a spring inside the Grand Mosque complex of Mecca is polluted and stressed there were no health risks. ... more | .. |
  Quebec unveils $80 bln plan for undeveloped north Quebec unveiled an $80-billion plan on Monday to rev up forestry and mining development over the next 25 years in its vast northern region, dubbed one of the world's last unspoiled wildernesses. ... more | .. |
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 Indonesia turns ASEAN focus to food, energy security Indonesia on Saturday warned fellow Southeast Asian states that rising food and energy prices could drive more people into poverty and urged coordinated action to fight inflation. ... more | .. |
 Study: Global warming reduced corn, wheat harvests Climate change has stunted the worldwide increase in corn and wheat yields since 1980 by 3.8 and 5.5 percent respectively, according to a new study in the journal Science. ... more | .. |
 Researchers propose whole-system redesign of US agriculture Transformative changes in markets, policy and science, rather than just incremental changes in farming practices and technology, will be critical if the United States is to achieve long-term sustain ... more | .. |
 Seed Mixtures And Insurance Pest Management Are Future Norm In The Corn Belt As the use of biotechnology increases and more companies move forward with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval to begin full-scale commercialization of seed mixtures in transgenic in ... 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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 New study reveals when livestock can transmit foot-and-mouth disease A new study of foot-and-mouth disease shows that cattle afflicted with the virus are only infectious for a brief window of time-about half as long as previously thought. This finding suggests that t ... more | .. |
 It Takes a Community of Soil Microbes to Protect Plants From Disease Those vegetables you had for dinner may have once been protected by an immune system akin to the one that helps you fight disease. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley N ... more | .. |
 Expert panel calls for transforming US agriculture A group of leading scientists, economists and farmers is calling for a broad shift in federal policies to speed the development of farm practices that are more economically, socially, and environmen ... more | .. |
 Blue Revolution Key to Getting "More Crop per Drop" Increasing demand for water continues to threaten the livelihood of millions of small-scale farmers who depend on water for their crops. At a time when one in eight people lacks access to safe water ... more |
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 Latin food prices push inflation: report Soaring food prices are hurting the poor and underprivileged and undermining Latin American governments' efforts to control inflation, the Inter-American Development Bank said. ... more | .. |
 Portable tech might provide drinking water and power to villages Researchers have developed an aluminum alloy that could be used in a new type of mobile technology to convert non-potable water into drinking water while also extracting hydrogen to generate electri ... more | .. |
 Grazing as a conservation tool Rotational grazing of cattle in native pasturelands in Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado regions can benefit both cattle and wildlife, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society. ... more | .. |
  Prince Charles urges US not to overtax Mother Nature Britain's Prince Charles warned Wednesday at a US conference debating the future of food that unsustainable farming methods are overtaxing nature and pushing the global food system into crisis. ... more |
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U.S. deploys carrier strike group to the Caribbean
Trump: Qatar is readying peacekeepers for Gaza
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  Internet satellite images available to all The European Space agency says it added 13,000 satellite radar images to almost 45,000 camera images on the Internet for anyone wanting to explore our planet. ... more | .. |
China sees growing demand for 'soft gold' cashmere Factory worker Wu Suqing hunches over a machine knitting a green cashmere sweater bound for a department store in China where demand for the luxury wool is growing even as Western sales shrink. ... more | .. |
  Europe bids to 'halt' biodiversity loss Europe set new targets Tuesday to halt a mainly man-made loss of species costing billions each year as campaigners called for tougher environmental demands on farmers. ... more | .. |
Britain's Prince Charles begins US visit on city farm Days after the pomp of his son Prince William's wedding in London, Britain's Prince Charles picked his way through an urban farm in a gritty part of Washington as he began a US visit Tuesday. ... more |
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 Market Lighting Affects Nutrients Many people reach toward the back of the fresh-produce shelf to find the freshest salad greens with the latest expiration dates. But a study led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists m ... more | .. |
 Origin Of Rice Points To China Rice originated in China, a team of genome researchers has concluded in a study tracing back thousands of years of evolutionary history through large-scale gene re-sequencing. Their findings, which ... more | .. |
 Esri and DOI Introduce Landsat Data for the World Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost four decades' worth of ... more | .. |
 Study urges different grazing practices Rotational grazing of cattle on Brazil's native pasturelands could have benefits for both cattle and wildlife, U.S. researchers say. ... 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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 Satellites Reveal Tornado Tracks in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama Tornado tracks from last week's powerful tornado outbreak are visible in data from NASA's Aqua satellite and the Landsat satellite. Among the more than 150 tornadoes reported on April 27 and 28, 201 ... more | .. |
 Genetic study says China source of rice Genome researchers tracking the evolutionary history of rice say domesticated rice may have appeared as far back as around 9,000 years ago in China. ... more | .. |
 WWF welcomes first Bulgaria ban on Danube sturgeon fishing The environmental group WWF welcomed on Monday Bulgaria's ban on catching sturgeon in the Danube, as the species faces extinction due to overfishing for its caviar. ... more | .. |
 Filthy toilets a blight on Asian prosperity Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards of living, with dire effects on poverty reduction and public health. ... more |
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 How the fruit fly made its way out of Africa The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster used to be found only in sub-Saharan Africa but about 10,000 years ago it began to colonize Asia and Europe. This period saw the start of human agriculture and ... more | .. |
  Chinese pay price for world's rare earths addiction Peasant farmer Wang Tao used to grow corn, potatoes and wheat within a stone's throw of a dumping ground for rare earths waste until toxic chemicals leaked into the water supply and poisoned his land. ... more | .. |
 Scorpion venom bad for bugs but good for pesticides Fables have long cast scorpions as bad-natured killers of hapless turtles that naively agree to ferry them across rivers. Michigan State University scientists, however, see them in a different light ... more | .. |
 NASA Mission Seeks to Uncover a Rainfall Mystery Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are ca ... more |
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