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Tools That Will Help Reduce Nitrogen PollutionFort Collins, CO (SPX) Sep 15, 2011 A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientist in Colorado is helping farmers grow crops with less nitrogen-based fertilizer. The fertilizers are a major reason why agriculture is a significant source of both greenhouse gas emissions and pollution in estuaries like the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay. If growers apply too little fertilizer, it reduces crop yields. But if they apply too much, the excess can be released into the atmosphere as nitrous oxide or leach into waterways as ni ... read more |
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  Tanzania finds fishery improvements outweigh fuelwood losses When the government of Tanzania established Saadani National Park in 2005, it enhanced protection of the coastal mangrove ecosystem from further degradation. A study by a team of University of Rhode ... more | .. |
  Man kills two children, four adults in China axe attack A farmer with mental health problems killed six people, two of them children, with an axe as they made their way to a kindergarten in China Wednesday, the local government and media reports said. ... more | .. |
 China arrests 32 over 'gutter' cooking oil scam China said Tuesday it had arrested 32 people over the sale of cooking oil made from leftovers taken from gutters, in the latest food safety scandal to hit the country. ... more | .. |
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 Homeowners, taxpayers pay billions to fight invasive pests Homeowners and taxpayers are picking up most of the tab for damage caused by invasive tree-feeding insects that hide in packing materials, live plants and other goods imported from countries into th ... more | .. |
 A scientific 'go' for commercial production of vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms A new commercial processing technology is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms and has no adverse effects on other nutrients in those tasty delicacies, the first study on the top ... more | .. |
 China plant resources need additional protections China needs to change where it sites its nature reserves and steer people out of remote rural villages toward cities to protect its valuable but threatened wild plant resources, according to an arti ... more | .. |
  Satellites improve disaster monitoring efficiency in China Two small disaster monitoring satellites, launched in 2008, have allowed China to more rapidly monitor natural disasters with greater range, said the National Commission for Disaster Reduction Tuesd ... more |
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 GIS Finds its Way to The Cloud Setting up a GIS system just got simpler thanks to cloud computing. Cloud computing furnishes technological capabilities - commonly maintained off-premise that are delivered on demand as a service v ... more | .. |
  Turkish delegation in Mogadishu for aid, trade issues A large Turkish delegation spent Monday in famine-hit Mogadishu assessing investment opportunities and delivering aid, a Somali government statement said. ... more | .. |
EU to maintain safety checks on food from Japan The European Union will extend until year's end checks on potential radioactive contamination in food imports from certain regions of Japan, the EU's executive said Friday. ... more | .. |
Number in need of help in East Africa rises to 13.3 mln: UN Drought, high food prices and fighting in Somalia has increased the number of those in need of humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa to 13.3 million, the UN said Friday. ... more |
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  Russia's Putin voted 'Baikal's worst enemy' Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been voted the "worst enemy of lake Baikal" in an online poll organised by Greenpeace, the environmental organisation said Friday ... more | .. |
 East Africa, Arab world face food crisis The United Nations warns that the famine in war-wracked Somalia is spreading and that 750,000 people could die in the next six months if international aid isn't increased. ... more | .. |
 Almost 90% of Tripoli now has water: NTC Nearly all of Tripoli has regained access to running water after nearly two weeks of shortages, the head of a prime ministerial task force told AFP on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Date palm decline: Iraq looks to rebuild Iraqi officials are pushing re-planting programmes for the country's date palms, which are famed across the Middle East as the region's best but have suffered terrible losses in past decades. ... more |
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Trump says to meet Putin in Budapest after 'great' call
'Wonder weapon'? Five things about US Tomahawks coveted by Ukraine
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 Europe's anti-GM nations warned against unilateral action US biotech giant Monsanto scored points Thursday in a battle with GM sceptics in the EU, when Europe's highest court warned against fresh unilateral action against genetically-modified crops. ... more | .. |
 Record drought keeps grip on U.S. states The percentage of land suffering from exceptional drought reached record levels in August in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, scientists said. ... more | .. |
 Sustainable development world's top issue: UN chief United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday singled out sustainable development as the top issue facing the planet with the world's seven billionth person expected to be born next month. ... more | .. |
 Study finds crop performance matters when evaluating greenhouse gas emissions Measuring the emission of greenhouse gases from croplands should take into account the crops themselves. That's the conclusion of a study in the Sept.-Oct. issue of the Journal of Environmental Qual ... more |
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 Getting the picture via satellite As cinema owners worldwide begin to embrace new digital technologies via satellite, audiences are being given more ways to enjoy an evening at the movies. ESA has helped to pave the way to digital a ... more | .. |
  Earth's gold a gift of meteor showers Precious metals in Earth's mantle are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after the planet was formed, U.K. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Scientists make turfgrass safer for animals, deadly for insects The right combination of compounds produced by a beneficial fungus could lead to grasses that require fewer pesticides and are safer for wildlife and grazing animals, according to Purdue University ... more | .. |
 Ultrafast substorm auroras explained From time to time, sudden releases of energy in Earth's magnetosphere lead to major disturbances that result in bright auroral displays over the planet's polar regions. These auroras are caused by a ... more |
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 Sticky future for honey imports to EU after GM ruling Honey from nations such as Argentina and China using genetically-modified cereals could face import restrictions into the EU following a key judicial ruling, the European Commission said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Poor outlook for water quality in Germany Good quality status of water bodies required in EU by 2015 unlikely to be attained, reveals study The good chemical and ecological status of water bodies as defined by the EU Water Framework D ... more | .. |
 FAO chief warns of threats to global food security FAO chief Jacques Diouf on Wednesday warned that pressure on the world's soil resources and land degradation were threatening global food security. ... more | .. |
 Digital Cameras Open New View of America's West A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) aerial photography survey of 38,000 wildfire-burned acres in Idaho provided what is believed to be the first evidence that the invasive leafy spurge weed is d ... more |
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 Malnutrition taking its toll on Somali children Nearly too weak to cry, Masteha Jama Mohamed's three-month-old daughter is barely the length of her forearm, as the severely malnourished baby struggles for survival in famine-hit Somalia. ... more | .. |
  Philippines catches 'largest crocodile on record' A monster 21-foot (6.4-metre) saltwater crocodile, believed to be the biggest ever captured, has been trapped in the southern Philippines after a spate of fatal attacks, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Chinese haute cuisine comes to Paris The opening this week of Shang Palace restaurant will at long last answer an unresolved question: Is Paris ready for truly gourmet Chinese cuisine and the prices that come with it? ... more | .. |
 Feeding cows natural plant extracts can reduce dairy farm odors and feed costs With citizens' groups seeking government regulation of foul-smelling ammonia emissions from large dairy farms, scientists have reported that adding natural plant extracts to cow feed can reduce leve ... more |
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