|
 
Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milkWashington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2011 As millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. Midwest and South recover from Mississippi River flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in farm soils. But the higher levels apparently do not find their way into the milk produced by cows that graze on these lands, according to a study in the ACS journal Environmental Science and Technology. Iain Lake and colleagues note that the flame retardants, called PBDEs, are found in a va ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| .. |
  Baylor Study Finds Widespread Stream Biodiversity Declines at Low Levels of Urban Development A new study from biology researchers at Baylor University and the University of Maryland-Baltimore has found that there are consistent and widespread declines in stream biodiversity at lower levels ... more | .. |
 Early agricultural piracy informs the domestication of rice The origins of rice have been cast in a new light by research publishing in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics on June 9, 2011. By reconciling two theories, the authors show that the domesticatio ... more | .. |
 Super varieties of wheat expected to boost yields and block wheat rust Five years after the launch of a global effort to protect the world's most important food crop from variants of Ug99, a new and deadly form of wheat rust, scientists say they are close to producing ... more | .. |
 |
|
| .. |
 Planet's soils are under threat warns University academic The planet's soils are under greater threat than ever before, at a time when we need to draw on their vital role to support life more than ever, warns an expert from the University of Sheffield in t ... more | .. |
 Satellite study helps thirsty Sahel Embattled farmers in the Sahel countries of West Africa can take heart from a new study that should boost the accuracy of rainfall prediction in one of the world's most fragile regions. ... more | .. |
 Russia likely to end ban on EU vegetables Russia agreed to end its ban on vegetable imports from EU farmers after a high-powered EU intervention during annual talks, called to explore ways of integrating Moscow into the European mainstream. ... more | .. |
  NASA launches ocean-watch satellite The US space agency on Friday launched a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and measure how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate. ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
Artificial ocean carbon recycling system turns seawater CO2 into bioplastic feedstock
Bacterium Breakthrough Points to New Path for Battery Self-Recycling
Biochar and rewetting combine to curb farm emissions without yield loss | .. |
Japan recalls Shizuoka tea over radiation fears Japan has detected radiation above the legal limit in tea grown in Shizuoka, the heart of the nation's green tea industry, officials said Friday, blaming the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Lender tests drought insurance for African farmers 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Venezuela's Maduro to US: 'No crazy war, please!'
UK to urge more long-range missiles for Ukraine at London summit
Lithuania slams airspace incursion denied by Russia | .. |
 Hot Towers in First Tropical Depression of the Eastern Pacific The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM has the ability to see rainfall rates and heights of thunderstorm clouds within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite confirme ... more | .. |
 Aquarius to Study the Power of Sea Salt A new observatory is about to leave Earth to map a powerful compound of global importance: Common everyday sea salt. Researchers suspect that the salinity of Earth's oceans has far-reaching effects ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Europe plans satellite powerhouse to rival Musk's Starlink
Precision laser links overcome turbulence for better satellite communications
Neutrino partnerships bridge Pacific to probe cosmic mysteries | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
| Previous Issues | Jun 10 | Jun 09 | Jun 08 | Jun 07 | Jun 06 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
