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Nitrate in drinking water poses health risks for rural CaliforniansDavis CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2012 One in 10 people living in California's most productive agricultural areas is at risk for harmful levels of nitrate contamination in their drinking water, according to a report released by the University of California, Davis. The report was commissioned by the California State Water Resources Control Board. "Cleaning up nitrate in groundwater is a complex problem with no single solution," said Jay Lund, director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and a report co-author. "This report sho ... read more |
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  Facebook-style microcredit site helps China farmers Dairy farmer Deligeerma needs $642 to buy fodder for her cows during the harsh winter months in northern China. So far, she has received $149 in pledges from four people around the world. ... more | .. |
 Swaziland households hit by hunger: Unicef One in four households in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, were hit by the rising cost of food and even forced to skip meals, UNICEF said in a report on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Morocco: thirsty silver mine drains villagers' patience Atop a remote mountain overlooking one of Africa's largest silver mines, a group of Moroccan activists - many of them women and children - are trying to choke off the facility's water supply. ... more | .. |
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 Neglecting role of women in agriculture increases food insecurity As developing countries battle multiple threats to food security-soaring prices, crop-crushing weather extremes and dramatic population growth-agriculture experts gathering in New Delhi this week wa ... more | .. |
 China to invest in water projects China plans to invest $636 billion through 2020 in water-related projects, a government official said. ... more | .. |
  Investigation of Earth Catastrophes From the ISS: Uragan Program The Uragan program aboard the Russian segment of the International Space Station uses digital photography to study Earth's natural resources by monitoring catastrophes, both natural and human made. ... more | .. |
 The Blue Planet's new water budget Investigating the history of water on Earth is critical to understanding the planet's climate. One central question is whether Earth has always had the same amount of water on and surrounding it, th ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
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 Multi-Agency Satellite Begins Climate and Weather Studies NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which is now making global environmental observations. The satellite will provide scientists with c ... more | .. |
 Israel says it backs Gaza Strip desalination plant Israel said Tuesday it backed Palestinian plans to build a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip and was willing if requested to provide its skills for the project. ... more | .. |
 Small is good in quest to resolve water crisis Can Peepoo stop the flying toilet? ... more | .. |
  Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, media reported Monday. ... more |
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 Auchan supermarkets reports profit rise on action in China French supermarket giant Auchan said on Tuesday its net profit for 2011 rose by 14.9 percent to 810 million euros ($1.06 billion), largely owing to a restructuring of its business in China. ... more | .. |
 The disappearing ponds of Kashmir Thirty years ago, Avend village in the south Kashmir district of Shopian was also called "Talaab Gaam" because of dozens of fresh water ponds surrounding it. All but one of these ponds have now disa ... more | .. |
 Myanmar soldiers shot dead China farmer: Beijing China said Tuesday it had lodged an official complaint with Myanmar after two soldiers illegally crossed the border into southwest China and shot dead a local resident earlier this year. ... more | .. |
 World breakthrough on salt-tolerant wheat A team of Australian scientists has bred salt tolerance into a variety of durum wheat that shows improved grain yield by 25% on salty soils. Using 'non-GM' crop breeding techniques, scientists from ... 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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 Commonly used herbicides seen as threat to endangered butterflies A Washington State University toxicologist has found that three commonly used herbicides can dramatically reduce butterfly populations. The research was aimed at possible effects on the Lange's meta ... more | .. |
 Time to tackle water crisis, global forum told A global meeting on water opened in France on Monday with demands to provide billions of poor people with clean water and decent sanitation and address the spiralling demands of the future. ... more | .. |
 Palestinians campaign for $450m desalination plant in Gaza The Palestinian Authority on Monday pushed plans at the World Water Forum here for a desalination plant costing more than 350 million euros ($450 million) to ease Gaza's chronic water problems. ... more | .. |
 Water crunch looms without action on waste: UN report Water problems in many parts of the world are chronic and without a crackdown on waste will worsen as demand for food rises and climate change intensifies, the UN warned on Sunday. ... more |
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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
  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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  Nothing stirs in Japan's nuclear ghost town 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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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