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Lender tests drought insurance for African farmersParis (AFP) June 9, 2011 Development lenders are forging new weather insurance schemes to protect small farmers in the developing world from being wiped out by drought, the head of a World Bank subsidiary said Thursday. "We're experimenting now with weather insurance for small holders in places like Rwanda," said Lars Thunell, chief executive of the International Finance Corporation, which specialises in private sector development funding. He told AFP that volatility in commodity prices and weather, particularly drought ... read more |
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  Water's surface not all wet Air and water meet over most of the earth's surface, but exactly where one ends and the other begins turns out to be a surprisingly subtle question. A new study in Nature narrows the boundary to jus ... more | .. |
 Methane gas from cows - the proof is in the poo Scientists could have a revolutionary new way of measuring how much of the potent greenhouse gas methane is produced by cows and other ruminants, thanks to a surprising discovery in their poo. ... more | .. |
  NASA ocean-watch satellite set for Friday launch The US space agency said it would attempt to launch on Friday a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate. ... more | .. |
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 Climate change will cut water for farmers: UN The UN food agency on Thursday warned climate change will restrict the availability of water for farming in decades to come, including in the Mediterranean region, and urged governments to take action. ... more | .. |
 New NASA Map Reveals Tropical Forest Carbon Storage A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests. The da ... more | .. |
 Satellite and Radar Data Reveal Damage Track of Alabama Tornadic Thunderstorms This image shows the radar reflectivity from the National Weather Service Doppler Radar in Birmingham, Ala. at 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, 2011, as a supercell thunderstorm moved across the city. ... more | .. |
 Freshwater algae mystery solved The pristine state of unpolluted waterways may be their downfall, according to research results published in a paper this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. A species of freshwa ... more |
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Artificial ocean carbon recycling system turns seawater CO2 into bioplastic feedstock
Bacterium Breakthrough Points to New Path for Battery Self-Recycling
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 From seawater to freshwater with a nanotechnology filter In this month's Physics World, Jason Reese, Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the University of Strathclyde, describes the role that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could play in the d ... more | .. |
 Three Satellites See Eruption of Puyehue-Cordon Volcano from Space NASA's Terra Satellite, the GOES-13 and GOES-11 satellites all captured images of the ash plume from southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Volcano this week. The volcano is located in Puyehue National Par ... more | .. |
 Viruses are 'new normal' for honey bees: study California scientists said Tuesday they have identified four new viruses in healthy honey bee colonies, a finding that could help solve the mystery of mass bee die-offs in some parts of the world. ... more | .. |
 Belarus ready to sell top potash firm: report Cash-strapped Belarus is negotiating the sale of its most prized asset, the potash producer Belaruskali, under the terms of a loan agreed this month with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. ... more |
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Ancient farmers chose rice attributes Farmers in China 10,000 years ago were early pioneers of genetic breeding, developing practices still used today to boost agricultural yields, researchers say. ... more | .. |
Dubai looks to bag top spot as tea goes green Exotic and organic teas are wooing tea drinkers and challenging traditional black tea's dominance as never before, tea industry experts say, as a tea factory in Dubai bids to become the world's largest. ... more | .. |
 Algal turf scrubbers clean water with sunlight An article published in the June issue of BioScience describes the early scale-up stage of a new biotechnology with environmental benefits and possible commercial potential. Algal turf scrubbe ... more | .. |
 Workshop Preps Educators to Train Next-Gen Carbon Researchers A group of science educators stand outside on a sunny day at NASA's Langley Research Center and listen to Sarah Silverberg, a GLOBE project coordinator and trainer, talk about the parts of a compass ... more |
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Venezuela's Maduro to US: 'No crazy war, please!'
UK to urge more long-range missiles for Ukraine at London summit
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 Food, energy security on table at big Europe-Asia meet Forty-six nations from Asia and Europe gathered here Monday eyeing ways of averting a global food crisis and fresh nuclear disasters, but looked set to diverge on human rights or a new boss for the IMF. ... more | .. |
 In China, soaring food prices mean leaner diets Li Ping and her husband, both retirees, pick over the offerings at a Beijing market to prepare traditional dumplings for the Dragon Boat festival. Rocketing food prices are limiting their options. ... more | .. |
 Children eat more vegetables when allowed to choose A study conducted at the University of Granada has proved that children eat up to 80 percent more vegetables when they are allowed to choose. Researchers have also found that the bitterness of calci ... more | .. |
 Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear With the curtain about to rise on a much-anticipated new era of "nanoagriculture" - using nanotechnology to boost the productivity of plants for food, fuel, and other uses -scientists are reporting ... more |
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 Predictive model offers accurate remote mapping of plant communities A PhD student at the University of Leeds has developed a fast, accurate and inexpensive method of creating detailed vegetation community maps over very large areas, by coupling aerial photographs wi ... more | .. |
 Tapping into plants is the key to combat climate change Understanding the way plants use and store light to produce energy could be the key ingredient in the fight against climate change, a scientist at Queen Mary, University of London says. Profes ... more | .. |
 Study maps global 'hotspots' of climate-induced food insecurity A new study has matched future climate change "hotspots" with regions already suffering chronic food problems to identify highly-vulnerable populations, chiefly in Africa and South Asia, but potenti ... more | .. |
 Farmer networks hold key to agricultural innovation in developing countries New technologies can improve agricultural sustainability in developing countries, but only with the engagement of local farmers and the social and economic networks they depend on, say Stanford Univ ... more |
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Europe plans satellite powerhouse to rival Musk's Starlink
Precision laser links overcome turbulence for better satellite communications
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 For stressed bees, the glass is half empty When people are depressed or anxious, they are much more likely to see their glass as half empty than half full. In tough times, evidence of that same pessimistic outlook can be seen in dogs, rats, ... more | .. |
 New NASA Salt Mapper to Spice Up Climate Forecasts Salt is essential to human life. Most people don't know, however, that salt - in a form nearly the same as the simple table variety - is just as essential to Earth's ocean, serving as a critical dri ... more | .. |
 Tropical 'hotspots' may get too warm to farm Climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty, according to an international study released Friday. ... more | .. |
 Amazon land dispute leads to another killing Violence flared again in the Brazilian Amazon, as a fifth person in ten days was shot in an apparent clash over illicit logging in the Brazilian Amazon, officials said Friday. ... more |
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  Dramatic Display Forecast for 2011 Draconid Meteors The Draconid meteor shower is expected to produce unusually high peak meteor rates of 1,000 per hour on October 8, 2011. A typical strong meteor shower, like the Perseid shower which occurs every su ... more | .. |
 Gadhafi's river could be hidden weapon The Great Man-Made River, a $33 billion irrigation system built by Moammar Gadhafi to provide water from a vast underground aquifer in the desert for Libya's people, could become a crucial element in his fight to preserve his embattled regime. ... more | .. |
 Euro, Asian leaders to talk food security Emerging security threats such as food and water shortages call for urgent and coordinated action, European and Asian leaders said this week. ... more | .. |
China food factory owner held amid chemical scare Police in southern China have detained a factory owner suspected of mixing an industrial chemical used to soften plastics into food additives, state media reported on Friday. ... more |
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