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Severe drought, other changes can cause permanent ecosystem disruptionCorvallis, OR (SPX) Oct 17, 2011 An eight-year study has concluded that increasingly frequent and severe drought, dropping water tables and dried-up springs have pushed some aquatic desert ecosystems into "catastrophic regime change," from which many species will not recover. The findings, just published in the journal Freshwater Biology, raise concerns that climate change, over-pumping of aquifers for urban water use, and land management may permanently affect which species can survive. The research was supported by the National ... read more |
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  Pesticides pollute European waterbodies more than previously thought Pesticides are a bigger problem than had long been assumed. This is the conclusion of a study in which scientists analysed data on 500 organic substances in the basins of four major European rivers. ... more | .. |
  Feeding the world while protecting the planet The problem is stark: One billion people on earth don't have enough food right now. It's estimated that by 2050 there will be more than nine billion people living on the planet. Meanwhile, cur ... more | .. |
 Burkina Faso says faces food crisis Burkina Faso faces a food crisis as a result of poor rainfall prior to the latest harvest, the impoverished west African nation's prime minister warned Thursday. ... more | .. |
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 Which direction are herbicides heading 2,4-D is coming back. What many might consider a "dinosaur" may be the best solution for growers fighting weed resistance today, said Dean Riechers, University of Illinois associate professor of wee ... more | .. |
Energy, food security to dominate Rio+20: envoy Boosting energy efficiency and renewables and providing food for a future world of eight billion will dominate next year's UN Rio+20 conference, the talks' co-coordinator said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 China invests billions to avert water crisis China is to invest up to 4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) over the next decade to overcome a huge water shortage that threatens the country's economic growth, a senior official said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Plant genomes may help next generation respond to climate change In the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own. In ... more |
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  Thousands stage pro-government rally in Bolivia Several thousand people turned out in the Bolivian capital Wednesday to support President Evo Morales and oppose indigenous protesters marching toward La Paz. ... more | .. |
  Astrium signs new Pleiades contract Astrium Services and Chinese provider of satellite data and value-added services, Beijing Eastdawn Information Technology (Eastdawn), have signed a partnership agreement to give Eastdawn access to P ... more | .. |
 Rethinking connection between soil as a carbon reservoir and global warming Soils store three times as much carbon as plants and the atmosphere. Soil organic matter such as humus plays a key role in the global carbon cycle as it stores huge amounts of carbon and thus counte ... more | .. |
 The establishment of genetically engineered canola populations in the US Large, persistent populations of genetically engineered canola 1 have been found outside of cultivation in North Dakota. As genetically engineered crops become increasingly prevalent in the United S ... more |
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 New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and ... more | .. |
 Indra Tries In Madrid And Seville Space Technology To Detect Heat Islands Indra has led in Spain the Heat Islands European project oriented to study the benefits of using Earth observation satellite imaging to study the climate in urban areas. The project, which jus ... more | .. |
 China says 100 mln farmers to move to cities by 2020 More than 100 million Chinese farmers will move to cities by 2020, posing huge challenges for urban planners and already stretched social welfare systems, according to a new official forecast. ... more | .. |
 Fungus could wipe out Philippine bananas: growers A disease that has ravaged banana plantations across Southeast Asia could wipe out the Philippine industry in three years unless the government finds a cure, a growers' group warned Monday. ... 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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 Airlift for drought-stricken Pacific island New Zealand and Australia will Friday begin an airlift to help supply fresh water to the tiny drought-stricken Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which is under a state of emergency due to the crisis. ... more | .. |
 UNHCR wants access to all Somali regions The head of the UN's refugee agency on Friday called for humanitarian workers to be given access to all parts of Somalia, where conflict and drought have left millions facing starvation. ... more | .. |
 World's highest webcam brings Everest to Internet The world's highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak. ... more | .. |
 Floods drown Asia's rice bowl Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia's rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region's poorest, experts say. ... more |
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 RADA Selected for a SAR Development Program RADA Electronic Industries reports that its advanced, Fiber-Optic-Gyro (FOG) based Embedded GPS-INS (EGI) has been selected by an undisclosed European leading radar provider to be integrated into it ... more | .. |
 Space Observatory Provides Clues to Creation of Earth's Oceans Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions of years ago and created the oceans. The findings may help explain how Earth's surface ended up ... more | .. |
  Draconid Meteor Outburst On October 8th Earth is going to plow through a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and the result could be an outburst of Draconid meteors. "We're predicting as many as 750 meteors per ... more | .. |
 Google Earth eclipses one billion downloads Google Earth software has been downloaded more than one billion times, and that stellar achievement was marked Wednesday with a website showcasing ways the interactive replica of the planet is used. ... more |
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Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice
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Petition demands US label genetically engineered food Supporters and producers of organic foods petitioned the US government Tuesday for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, and encouraged consumers to go online and join the cause. ... more | .. |
Micro-breweries take on local flavour in China In a poky room in a backstreet of Beijing, self-taught brewer Carl Setzer uses spicy Sichuan peppercorns, oolong tea leaves and cinnamon to invent beer flavours suited to Chinese tastebuds. ... more | .. |
US Coastguard to help drought-hit N.Z. territory The US Coastguard will ship drinking water to a remote New Zealand territory in the Pacific which faces a state of emergency due to severe drought, Wellington said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Pope urges 'concrete aid' for African famine victims Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday urged the international community to offer concrete aid for the drought and famine-struck Horn of Africa region, where more than 13 million need aid. ... more |
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 Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second Lowest Level Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) a ... more | .. |
 Productivity of land plants may be greater than previously thought London. The global uptake of carbon by land plants may be up to 45 per cent more than previously thought. This is the conclusion of an international team of scientists, based on the variability of h ... more | .. |
 APL Builds On Earth Science Success With New Hosted Payload Proposal Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are proposing a new space-based monitoring system that would help scientists answer some of the most fundamental question ... more | .. |
 NASA Leads Study of Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Loss A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperat ... more |
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