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Better desalination technology key to solving world's water shortageNew Haven, CT (SPX) Aug 08, 2011 Over one-third of the world's population already lives in areas struggling to keep up with the demand for fresh water. By 2025, that number will nearly double. Some countries have met the challenge by tapping into natural sources of fresh water, but as many examples - such as the much-depleted Jordan River - have demonstrated, many of these practices are far from sustainable. A new Yale University study argues that seawater desalination should play an important role in helping combat worldwide fre ... read more |
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  Scientists Study Effects of Rising Carbon Dioxide on Rangelands Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can reverse the drying effects of predicted higher temperatures on semi-arid rangelands, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature by a team ... more | .. |
  Aid to reach Somali capital Monday: UNHCR The UN refugee agency said an airlift of urgent supplies for famine-stricken Somalis will touch down in the capital Mogadishu on Monday - the agency's first such operation in five years. ... more | .. |
 Mushroom poisoning adds to rainy French summer woes Tourists and locals in southwest France are flocking to hospital wards after eating mushrooms that this year sprouted much earlier than usual due to the rainy summer, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
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Fleeing famine, Somalis queue patiently for a cooked meal Hundreds of Somali women, huddled together with their children, queue for hours for their first cooked meal in days, having walked long distances to flee drought, famine and conflict. ... more | .. |
US lawmaker urges humanitarian corridors in Somalia A US lawmaker called Friday for world leaders to negotiate humanitarian corridors in Somalia to allow in food aid, warning of a massive loss of life without greater effort to fight the famine. ... more | .. |
 Somali gunmen kill five as they loot food aid Gunmen opened fire killing five people on Friday as they looted food aid for thousands of starving people affected by famine in the Somali capital, officials and witnesses said. ... more | .. |
 China paying 'close attention' to Africa famine China said Friday it was paying "close attention" to a disastrous famine in the Horn of Africa, after top US House Democrat Nancy Pelosi urged it to do more. ... more |
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 Future of seawater desalination studied U.S. researchers have reviewed the current state of seawater desalination technology and its potential as a sustainable solution to global water shortages. ... more | .. |
 Somali rebels stopping men fleeing drought Somali rebels are blocking men fleeing harsh drought and forcibly recruiting them, while women and children who escape alone risk attack and rape in crowded camps, witnesses and officials said. ... more | .. |
China, Saudi must do more on Africa famine: Pelosi Top US House Democrat Nancy Pelosi urged China and Saudi Arabia on Thursday to "step up their efforts" to help the Horn of Africa battle a disastrous famine, calling for an enhanced US role as well. ... more | .. |
 Famine to engulf all of southern Somalia: UN The famine ravaging parts of Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu, is likely to persist for the rest of the year, engulfing all of the country's south, experts warned Thursday. ... more |
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 Plant immunity discovery boosts chances of disease-resistant crops Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have opened up the black box of plant immune system genetics, boosting our ability to produce disease- and pe ... more | .. |
Famine-struck Somalis struggle to celebrate Ramadan fast Islam's holy month of Ramadan should be a time of celebration and prayer, but for Mohamed Idris, a Somali struggling in the famine-hit and war-torn capital, daily survival is all he can care about. ... more | .. |
 China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives after a wave of contamination scares, the government said. ... more | .. |
 China allows cooking oil prices to rise China has allowed cooking oil producers to hike prices to cover rising raw material costs, companies and state media said Thursday, but the government denied that it was intervening in the key market. ... more |
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Zelensky urges allies against appeasing Russia after US trip
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talks
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  Rare crystals found in meteorite Japanese researchers say they found opal-like crystals in a meteor that fell in Canada in 2000, the first extraterrestrial discovery of such unusual crystals. ... more | .. |
Aid efforts falter as widening Somali famine looms As warnings grow that famine could engulf all of southern Somalia, the relief efforts needed to ease the crisis are being hampered by escalating conflict and restrictions by rebels on aid groups. ... more | .. |
  Japan moves closer to nuclear payout Japan's government moved a step closer Wednesday to multi-billion-dollar compensation payouts for the victims of the country's enduring nuclear crisis, but angry farmers demanded faster action. ... more | .. |
 African governors discuss food prices African central bank governors and finance ministers warned against the combined effect of natural disasters and soaring food prices on the continent's economies. ... more |
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Famine declared in three new Somali regions: UN Famine has spread to three new regions of Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu and the world's largest camp for displaced people, the United Nations said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Reforestation's cooling influence a result of farmer's past choices Decisions by farmers to plant on productive land with little snow enhances the potential for reforestation to counteract global warming, concludes new research from Carnegie's Julia Pongratz and Ken ... more | .. |
Fleeing Somalis overstretch drought relief efforts Arriving in their hundreds every day to seek relief in overcrowded Kenyan camps, weak and weary Somalis fleeing extreme drought and conflict face a new struggle to get food and shelter. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong tycoon to buy British water utility Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Tuesday announced his firm would buy one of Britain's biggest water utilities in a deal worth nearly $4 billion. ... more |
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Hong Kong's CKI soars after British water deal Shares in a firm controlled by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing hit a record high Wednesday, a day after it announced a $3.9 billion deal to buy one of Britain's biggest water utilities. ... more | .. |
Aid groups warn famine may engulf southern Somalia The harsh drought ravaging the Horn of Africa is likely to worsen and could trigger famine in more regions of Somalia, aid groups warned Tuesday as they struggle to help the millions already affected. ... more | .. |
  NASA Satellite Tracks Severity of African Drought Northeast Africa continues to reel from the effects of the worst drought to strike the region in decades. The arid conditions are contributing to famines that the U.S. Department of State says are a ... more | .. |
 Tropical Storm Muifa appears huge on NASA infrared imagery The width of an image from the AIRS instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite is about 1700 km (1056 miles), and the clouds and thunderstorms associate with Tropical Storm Muifa take up that en ... more |
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 Record-breaking US drought in July: data July was a record-breaking dry month in parts of the United States, with 12 percent of the country under an "exceptional" drought causing crop losses and water shortages, authorities said Monday. ... more | .. |
ICRC boosts food aid to rebel-held Somali regions The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday it had distributed food to 162,000 drought-stricken people in south and central Somalia, regions largely controlled by Islamist rebels. ... more | .. |
 UC Riverside chemists transform acids into bases Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have accomplished in the lab what until now was considered impossible: transform a family of compounds which are acids into bases. As our ch ... more | .. |
 Cows clock-in for monitored mealtimes Electronic ear tags are being used to provide an early warning system that will help farmers identify sick animals within a herd. The new system, being trialled by scientists at Newcastle Univ ... more |
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