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July 12, 2011
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Cool-season grasses more profitable than warm-season grasses
Vernon TX (SPX) Jul 12, 2011
Access to swine effluent or waste water can help a producer grow more grass. But a Texas AgriLife Researcher says the grass is "greener" economically if it is a cool-season rather than a warm-season variety. Dr. Seong Park, AgriLife Research economist in Vernon, said while the warm-season grasses appear to have a greater growth boost with swine effluent application, the cool-season grasses have marketing advantages that make it a more viable economic option for producers in the Oklahoma Panhandle ... read more

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ERS exits with final focus on changing glaciers
Some of the last images from ESA's ERS-2 satellite have revealed rapidly changing glacial features in Greenland. In its final days, the veteran satellite gave us frequent views of the Kangerdlugssua ... more
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Sweetpotato foundation seed tested in commercial operations
Sweetpotato is gaining popularity in the United States, where health-conscious consumers have created increased demand for the tasty, versatile food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ... more
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Astrium to build Sentinel-4 atmospheric sensors
ESA has awarded a contract worth almost 150 million euro to Astrium to develop and build two satellite sensors that will monitor Earth's atmosphere as part of Europe's Global Monitoring for Environm ... more
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New study suggests severe deficits in UK honeybee numbers
A study published by the University of Reading's Centre for Agri Environmental Research suggests that honeybees may not be as important to pollination services in the UK than previously supposed. Th ... more
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Dr VS Hegde Appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Antrix Corporation Limited
Dr VS Hegde, Outstanding Scientist and Scientific Secretary, ISRO has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Antrix Corporation Limited of the Department of Space. Dr Hegde, a ... more
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Nestle to pay 1.4 bn francs for 60% of Hsu Fu Chi
Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday it had agreed to take a majority stake in Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi for 1.4 billion francs (1.2 billion euros, $1.7 billion). ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

US pledges $5 million for drought-hit Somalis
The United States on Monday pledged $5 million (3.5 million euros) to assist thousands of Somalis affected by a harsh drought that has hit the Horn of Africa region. ... more
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Overuse of C.Asia's Amu-Darya a threat to stability: UN
The over-exploitation of the Amu-Darya river which snakes across Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, could threaten the long-term stability of the region, the UN said Monday. ... more
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LG, Hitachi to set up water treatment plant
South Korea's LG Electronics and Japan's Hitachi Plant Technologies have agreed to set up a water treatment joint venture in Seoul which will start operations in October, LG said Monday. ... more
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Smartphones help world's winemakers foil fraudsters
For Charles Pillitteri, the fight against fraudsters began when he discovered fake bottles of his Canadian ice wine in Taiwan in 1998. ... more
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High levels of caesium found in Fukushima beef
More than six times the legal limit of radioactive caesium has been found in beef from Fukushima prefecture, home to Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official statement said Saturday. ... more
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Somalia drought to worsen, famine possible: US
The US government has warned that a drought in the Horn of Africa is likely to worsen by the end of the year, putting parts of war-ravaged Somalia at risk of famine. ... more
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UNHCR chief urges more help for drought-hit Somalis
UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres on Friday urged more international help for thousands of Somalis devastated by a harsh drought, calling their plight the worst humanitarian tragedy. ... more
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Many dying en route while fleeing Somalia drought: UNHCR
Many people are dying of hunger while fleeing serious drought in Somalia, the UN refugee agency said Friday, warning that aid efforts could be overwhelmed by large numbers of malnourished refugees. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Flies Greenhouse Gas Mission Over Nevada Salt Flat
Scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., joined a multi-institute team of researchers June 17-27, 2011, to investigate carbon dioxide and methane gas emissions from a dry ... more
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NASA Flies Greenhouse Gas Mission Over Nevada Salt Flat
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Beijing halts sales of tainted bottled water
Authorities in Beijing have halted the sale of 31 brands of bottled water after they failed safety tests, the government reported, in the latest such scare to hit China. ... more
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French oyster farmers return favour to Japan
Twice in the past 40 years, French oyster farmers were saved by their colleagues on Japan's northern Pacific coast. After the March 11 tsunami, they decided it was time to return the favour. ... more
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EU considers modified crop bans
The European Union Parliament voted to give EU member states the power to restrict or ban genetically modified crops on environmental or health grounds. ... more
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Sudanese deployments tracked from space
Sudan's ongoing civil conflicts are being monitored from space. ... more
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EU bans imports of Egyptian seeds
The EU has banned imports of some Egyptian seeds and beans after fenugreek was linked to E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France, officials confirmed. ... more
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Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires
After 16 years spent gathering a wealth of data that has revolutionised our understanding of Earth, ESA's veteran ERS-2 satellite is being retired. This pioneering mission has not only advanced scie ... more
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DLR scientists support expedition with a highly accurate 3D model of mountain
Considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world and, at 8000 metres high, the most difficult to climb, K2 lies on the border between Pakistan and China. For scientists at the German Aero ... more
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Farm animal disease to increase with climate change
Researchers looked at changes in the behaviour of bluetongue - a viral disease of cattle and sheep - from the 1960s to the present day, as well as what could happen to the transmission of the virus ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Massive dust storm engulfs US city
A massive dust storm engulfed the southwestern US city of Phoenix late Tuesday, blotting out the sun and knocking down electricity poles, local media reported. ... more
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Down-under digestive microbes could help lower methane gas from livestock
The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal's methane emissions relatively low suggests a potential new strategy may exist to tr ... more
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Somalis fleeing drought face wait for aid in Kenya
Thousands of Somalis fleeing a bruising drought in the Horn of Africa are facing a long wait to enter overcrowded camps and receive aid when they cross into neighbouring Kenya. ... more
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Record low Danube levels cut down bird populations: WWF
The record low levels of the Danube this summer have caused a drastic drop in bird populations along the Bulgarian and Romanian stretch of the river, environmental group WWF said Tuesday. ... more
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Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years, says Stanford study
Higher temperatures could significantly impact California and other premium winegrowing regions of the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study led by Stanford University climate ... more
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The seasonal potato
The "Potsdam Gravity potato", as this representation of terrestrial gravity has become known, can for the first time display gravity variations that change with time. The seasonal fluctuations of th ... more
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Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Nestle confirm talks
Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday that they were in acquisition talks, in what could be one of the biggest takeovers of a Chinese company by a foreign competitor. ... more
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