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January 20, 2012
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NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
New York, NY (SPX) Jan 20, 2012
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis that shows temperatures around the globe in 2011 compared to the average global temperature from ... read more

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NASA Sees Repeating La Nina Hitting its Peak
La Nina, "the diva of drought," is peaking, increasing the odds that the Pacific Northwest will have more stormy weather this winter and spring, while the southwestern and southern United States wil ... more
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WATER WORLD

Evidence of Past Southern Hemisphere Rainfall Cycles Related to Antarctic Temperatures
Geoscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Minnesota this week published the first evidence that warm-cold climate oscillations well known in the Northern Hemisph ... more
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WATER WORLD

Miracle tree substance produces clean drinking water inexpensively and sustainably
A natural substance obtained from seeds of the "miracle tree" could purify and clarify water inexpensively and sustainably in the developing world, where more than 1 billion people lack access to cl ... more
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Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru
People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before ceramic pottery was used there, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the N ... more
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UF researchers discover 'green' pesticide effective against citrus pests
University of Florida researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars that threaten the citrus industry. The Li ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Map project accuses Google users of edits
The OpenStreetMap project, an open source mapping group competing with Google Maps, say user accounts in India linked to Google have tampered with its data. ... more
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WATER WORLD

UAE to host global water conference next year
Abu Dhabi will host an international summit on water next year, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the head of a project to build a zero-carbon city on the outskirts of the UAE capital, said Wednesday. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Slow response to East Africa famine cost lives: agencies
Thousands of people in East Africa died needlessly because the international community failed to respond to early warnings of famine, Oxfam and Save the Children warned Wednesday. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Solutions for a nitrogen-soaked world
Nitrogen is both an essential nutrient and a pollutant, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and a fertilizer that feeds billions, a benefit and a hazard, depending on form, location, and quantity. ... more
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Not On My Planet: How far is far enough
There is an increasing trend towards nimbyism - people welcome developments in principle, so long as they are "not in my back yard". But just how big is a back yard? The answer depends on a nu ... more
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The fermented cereal beverage of the Sumerians may not have been beer
Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilisation, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by M ... more
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Prices plunge as China turns sour on top Bordeaux
Speculators and China's super-rich have turned sour on Bordeaux's most prestigious, investment-grade wines, causing a deep dip in prices, year-end figures have revealed. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Plant nourishing gene brings hope for increased crop seed yield and food security
University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production ... more
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Half price DMCii 2011 country image pack in New Year sale
Remote sensing solutions provider DMC International Imaging (DMCii) has launched its New Year sale during which customers can purchase its high quality, ready-to-use country image packs half price. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

A step closer to mapping the Earth in 3D
After a year in service, the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X, together with its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X, have completely mapped the entire land surface of Earth for the first time. Th ... more
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China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy
Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace. ... more
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Ziyuan III satellite sends back hi-res images
The Ziyuan III satellite has sent back its first set of visual data days after the orbiter was successfully launched on Jan. 9 to produce high-resolution imagery for civilian use. According to ... more
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FARM NEWS

Health and Food Security Benefit From Climate Change Actions
A new study led by a NASA scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, improve health and boost agricultural production. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Honeybee deaths linked to seed insecticide exposure
Honeybee populations have been in serious decline for years, and Purdue University scientists may have identified one of the factors that cause bee deaths around agricultural fields. Analyses ... more
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FARM NEWS

Conserving biodiversity could benefit the world's poor
Land areas that are a priority for wildlife conservation provide relatively high levels of ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, food production, and climate regulation, so saf ... more
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Diverse ecosystems are crucial climate change buffer
Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark study. The findings of the ... more
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Short, sharp shock treatment for E. coli
A short burst of low voltage alternating current can effectively eradicate E. coli bacteria growing on the surface of even heavily contaminated beef, according to a study published in the Internatio ... more
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WATER WORLD

Why do dew drops do what they do on leaves?
Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore once wrote, "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf." Now, a new study is finally offering an explanation for why smal ... more
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US is biggest wine consumer, China joins top five
US consumers were the world's top wine drinkers in 2011, while China displaced Britain to become the fifth largest wine consumer, according to new research released on Thursday. ... more
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Reuse of municipal wastewater has potential to augment future drinking water supplies
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NASA Radar to Study Most Active Volcano On Hawaii
An airborne radar developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has returned to Hawaii to continue its study of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii's current most active volcano. The Un ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Colorado mountain hail may disappear in a warmer future
Summertime hail could all but disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado's Rocky Mountains by 2070, according to a new modeling study by scientists from NOAA and several other institutions. ... more
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Scientists Refute Greenpeace Claims About GM Corn
An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is "a ... more
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UF research on newly formed plants could lead to improved crop fertility
A new University of Florida study shows genomes of a recently formed plant species to be highly unstable, a phenomenon that may have far-reaching evolutionary consequences. Published online in ... more
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World's 'most expensive' tea grown in Chinese panda poo
Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea - panda poo. ... more
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Astro Aerospace Completes CDA of Reflector Boom Assembly for SMAP Mission
Astro Aerospace, a strategic business unit of Northrop Grumman, has completed a major milestone in the development of the reflector boom assembly (RBA) for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) ... more
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