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NASA refutes drought-driven declines in plant productivity, global food securityBoston MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2011 A new, comprehensive study by an international team of scientists, including scientists at Boston University in the US and the Universities of Vicosa and Campinas in Brazil, has been published in the current issue of Science (August 26, 2011) refuting earlier alarmist claims that drought has induced a decline in global plant productivity during the past decade and posed a threat to global food security. Those earlier findings published by Zhao and Running in the August 2010 issue of Science (Vol. ... read more |
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 No Nutritional Difference between Free-Range and Cage-Produced Eggs Eggs produced by free-range hens are often perceived by the public to be nutritionally superior to eggs obtained from layers kept in traditional battery cages. However, a recent scientific stu ... more | .. |
  British rivers 'healthiest for 20 years' The renaissance of Britain's rivers was underlined on Tuesday when waterways once considered polluted to death were revealed as teeming with life. ... more | .. |
  Amid government denials, Eritreans flee harsh drought In Ethiopias Endabaguna refugee camp, rows of gaunt Eritreans clad in rubber sandals give vent to their exasperation after days of trekking and dodging soldiers in an attempt to escape failed crops, hunger and an autocratic government. ... more | .. |
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 Irrigation impacts on global carbon uptake Globally, irrigation increases agricultural productivity by an amount roughly equivalent to the entire agricultural output of the U.S., according to a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study. ... more | .. |
Saudi prince in Mogadishu pledges aid A delegation from the Saudi royal family arrived Saturday in Mogadishu on a one-day visit to see how best to assist the Horn of Africa country hit by famine and drought, officials said. ... more | .. |
 New genome sequence could improve important agricultural crops An international team of scientists, funded in the UK by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage variety of a plant called B ... more | .. |
  Gene study sheds new light on origins of British men New genetic evidence reveals that most British men are not descended from immigrant farmers who migrated east 5,000-10,000 years ago - contrary to previous research. Instead, scientists from t ... more |
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  Google plots Hurricane Irene with online map Internet giant Google has rolled out an online map tracking the path of Hurricane Irene and providing other useful information about the storm headed for the US east coast. ... more | .. |
 World leaders must focus on clean water, activists say Leaders attending an upcoming UN development conference should commit to achieving universal access to clean drinking water by 2030, environmental groups said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Union leader shot dead in Amazon A union leader in the Brazilian Amazon has been shot dead in a killing that brings the number of community activists killed since May to seven, a monitoring body said. ... more | .. |
 Japan lifts ban on beef following radiation scare Japan on Thursday lifted bans on beef from disaster-hit regions, a month after imposing restrictions over fears thousands of cattle had been contaminated in the Fukushima nuclear accident. ... more |
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 Drought pushes 3,700 Somalis to perilous sea voyage: UN Over 3,700 Somali refugees have made the perilous sea journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen in August alone amid the severe drought in their homeland, the UN refugees agency said Friday. ... more | .. |
Copenhagen tap water safe again after E.coli scare: city After nearly a week of boiling their tap water amid an E.coli scare, thousands of Copenhagen residents have been given the green light by city officials to resume normal use. ... more | .. |
 Summer Drought limits the positive effects of CO2 and heat on plant growth in future climate Although the rain this summer has been pouring down over Denmark, most scientists agree that global temperature increases will intensify periods with summer drought already in 2075. The large ... more | .. |
 Incognito US diplomat probed China tiger farm: cable A US diplomat disguised himself as a Korean tourist to probe a tiger farm in China where he voiced alarm at conditions that included whippings of the endangered big cats, a leaked memo said. ... 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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 Scientists find underground river beneath Amazon Brazilian scientists have discovered an underground river some 4,000 meters (13,000) feet deep, which flows from west to east like the country's famous waterway. ... more | .. |
African donors pledge $351 million for drought crisis African countries and donors pledged more than $350 million Thursday at a fund-raiser in the Ethiopian capital to help millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. ... more | .. |
African leaders meet to raise funds for drought crisis African leaders held a rare fund-raiser in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. ... more | .. |
 Radical overhaul of farming could be 'game-changer' for global food security According to the authors of new research released at the World Water Week in Stockholm, a radical transformation in the way farming and natural systems interact could simultaneously boost food produ ... more |
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 Breeding Ozone-Tolerant Crops U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists working with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that future levels of ground-level ozone could reduce soybean yields by an average ... more | .. |
  Space Station Crew Enjoys Eye-Level View of Perseid Meteor Shower With the bright moon that was out on the evening of August 13, many astronomy buffs were not able to fully appreciate the spectacular Perseid meteor shower going on in the night sky. From the Intern ... more | .. |
 TRMM gets a look at Irene, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been busy measuring rainfall within Hurricane Irene, and forecasts call for between 5 and 10 inches in the southeastern and central Bahamas and ... more | .. |
 Elbit To Supply Asian Countries with Electro-Optical Payloads for Maritime Applications Elbit Systems Ltd.has been awarded contracts by several customers in Asia to supply many dozens of observation systems for maritime patrol aircraft, vessels and observation towers. The total value o ... more |
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 NASA Satellites Detect Pothole on Road to Higher Seas Like mercury in a thermometer, ocean waters expand as they warm. This, along with melting glaciers and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, drives sea levels higher over the long term. For the pa ... more | .. |
 Comparing soybean production methods In the Mid-South, twin-row soybean production is becoming a popular growing technique for soybean producers. An estimated 80% of the total hectares grown in the Mississippi Delta are planted in this ... more | .. |
'Moral obligation' to help Horn of Africa: EU's Ashton EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged world governments Wednesday to meet a "moral obligation" to pump new emergency aid into the drought-hit Horn of Africa. ... more | .. |
Growing energy demand adds stress to water supply A Google search for "world water shortage" will produce more than four million results in 0.17 seconds. It will also use a tenth of a teaspoon of water, experts say. ... more |
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Somalia famine set to spread to two new areas: UN Famine is set to spread to two new southern Somali regions with millions of people reeling from extreme drought, the top UN humanitarian aid official for the war-torn nation warned on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Pastoralism offer best hope for combating African dryland droughts As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) of the response to Kenya's last devastating drought, in 20 ... more | .. |
 Glorious Perseids The summer's best meteor shower peaked on the weekend of Aug. 12-13. Even though the Perseids were hampered by a bright, full moon they were something to behold! The Perseids have been observe ... more | .. |
 Nitrogen in the soil cleans the air Eutrophication harms the environment in many ways. Unexpectedly, nitrogen fertilizer may also be positive for the environment. And even acidic soils, promoting the destruction of forests, can have a ... more |
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