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Nothing stirs in Japan's nuclear ghost townIitate, Japan (AFP) March 10, 2012 They used to raise premium beef cattle in Iitate. But a year after Japan's nuclear disaster it is an irradiated ghost town and those who used to call it home have no idea when they will be able to return. Around 6,000 people fled this once idyllic farming community on the northeast coast, leaving behind houses and shops that were once the focus of village life. Post boxes and vending machines are sealed off. The shelves of the grocery store are empty and the lanes that used to echo to the sound ... read more |
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  UN scientists warn of increased groundwater demands due to climate change Climate change has been studied extensively, but a new body of research guided by a San Francisco State University hydrologist looks beneath the surface of the phenomenon and finds that climate chan ... more | .. |
  New Research Helps to Identify Ancient Droughts in China Drought events are largely unknown in Earth's history, because reconstruction of ancient hydrological conditions remains difficult due to lack of proxy. New GEOLOGY research supported by China's NNS ... more | .. |
 Water Forum to place spotlight on looming crisis A global gathering of policymakers, corporations and specialists unfolds in this southern French city from Monday to ponder the future of water, fast emerging as one of the century's crunch challenges. ... more | .. |
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  13 million people threatened by food crisis: Oxfam About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan wants cuisine listed as UNESCO heritage Japan said Friday it was applying to UNESCO to have its cuisine listed as a global cultural treasure as part of a bid to restore global confidence in its food after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 Contamination of La Selva geothermal system in Girona, Spain Monitoring the construction of wells, avoid over-exploiting cold groundwater close to hot groundwater, and controlling mineral water extraction. These are the recommendations from the Polytechnic Un ... more | .. |
 Belgian racing pigeons lure rich Chinese aficionados Rich Chinese pigeon fanciers are offering tens of thousands of euros to buy Belgian champions, to the despair of local pigeon-lovers unable to compete in such sky-high auction bids. ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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Salt-loving wheat could help ease food crisis Plant scientists on Sunday said they had bred a strain of wheat that thrives in saline soils, boosting the quest to feed Earth's growing population at a time of water stress and climate change. ... more | .. |
Spanish farmers struggle with lack of rain When Manuel Montesa takes sheep out to forage in mountains in northern Spain, he must bring water for them because streams near his town have run dry. ... more | .. |
 Water shortage a global threat without urgent reform: OECD Urgent reforms to raise efficiency in the way water is used around the world are needed to avert serious shortages in the next decades, and markets in water can help, the OECD said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Brazil's Rousseff urged to veto new forestry code Environmentalists and small farmers marched outside the National Congress Wednesday to urge President Dilma Rousseff to veto changes to the country's forestry code they fear will accelerate deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. ... more |
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 Heavy metal pollution causes severe declines in wild bees Wild bees are important pollinators and numerous studies dealing with pollination of wild plants and crops underline their vital role in ecosystems functioning. While honey bees can be easily ... more | .. |
 Should we play hide-and-go-seek with our children's vegetables? Pass the peas please! How often do we hear our children say this? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey of adolescents, only 21 ... more | .. |
 Indigenous Peoples Offer Lessons On Conserving And Managing Plant Biodiversity Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that have learned to manage and conserve the ... more | .. |
 Canadian farmers trust regulated dairy industry Canada's response to the "milk wars" in the United States in the 1970s was to establish a supply management system that both protects and restricts the income of its dairy farmers. A University of I ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
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 Shortcuts costly when buying conservation from farmers Farmers in the U.S. and the European Union receive billions of dollars in government subsidies each year to make changes in their operations that will improve the environment. However, a new study b ... more | .. |
 A Vegetarian Cutlet It looks like a cutlet, it's juicy and fibrous like a cutlet, and it even chews with the consistency of a real cutlet - but the ingredients are 100 percent vegetable. Researchers are using a new met ... more | .. |
 How to improve pesticide efficiency In 2007, a controversial pesticide was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use on fruit and vegetable crops, mainly in California and Florida. Farm workers and scientists protested the ... more | .. |
  NASA Researchers on the Snow Patrol The sky is gray. It's cold. Three forecast models predicted snow. It's 9:20 pm. Gail Skofronick-Jackson looks out the window of the operations trailer where she and her colleagues are running the Gl ... more |
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 TerraSAR-X brings lively winter view into focus Ice and snow can be colourful - at least when seen through the 'eyes' of the German Aerospace Center's (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt - DLR) TerraSAR-X radar satellite. The radar signals ... more | .. |
 Small dams, big impact on Mekong River fish: study Plans to build hydropower dams along small branches of southeast Asia's longest river could have a devastating impact on millions of people who rely on the world's largest inland fishery, scientists said Monday. ... more | .. |
 SOA gains control of China's oceanic surveying satellite Control of China's oceanic surveying satellite Haiyang-2 was handed over Friday to the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), by its manufacturer and launcher China Aerospace Science and Technology Cor ... more | .. |
 Australian floods to bring bumper farming year Drenching rains that have caused widespread flooding in southeastern Australia will bring a bumper year for farmers, the agriculture minister said Tuesday, with forecasts at their best in 30 years. ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms
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 The future of plant science - a technology perspective Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie's David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell, th ... more | .. |
 World meets UN safe water goal The world has easily beaten a 2015 deadline to halve the proportion of people drinking unsafe water, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Report raises alarm over Laos monkey farms Thousands of monkeys are being held in overcrowded and barren farms in Laos and sold for international laboratory research, according to a report from a British animal protection group. ... more | .. |
 Chinese land rights 'must not be violated': Wen Farmers' rights to their land "must not be violated", China's premier told parliament on Monday, a day after elections in a village that became a symbol of resistance against official land grabs. ... more |
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  China's urbanization unlikely to lead to fast growth of middle class The number of people living in China's cities, which last year for the first time surpassed 50 percent of the national population, is considered a boon for the consumer goods market. That is based o ... more | .. |
 Researcher tracks agricultural overuse of bug-killing technology High corn prices are leading many growers to plant corn every year and to overuse pesticides and other bug-killing technology to maximize yields, researchers report. In many instances, pesticides ar ... more | .. |
 Spain wilts in driest winter for 70 years February is barely past but already Spanish farmers are on drought alert as reservoirs shrink, crops wilt and brush fires crackle after the country's driest winter in 70 years. ... more | .. |
 China's advanced remote sensing satellite operating soundly China's first high-resolution remote sensing satellite ZY-1-02C has carried out orbit tests, and images delivered from it reach international levels, China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Ap ... more |
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