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Honduran crocodile farm bets on skins' glam futureSan Manuel, Honduras (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 Fancy a set of crocodile-hide luggage? Or luxe-look croc-skin shoes, or a croc filet? A farm in Honduras is betting on striking it rich by tending the endangered beasts until it is legal to sell them. Cocodrilos Continentales opened in 1989 focused on, according to the company, raising American crocodiles "for commercial purposes" and - until it is no longer endangered - to help "preserve the species." The American crocodile, known also by its scientific name Crocodylus acutus, lives in swamps ... read more |
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  Satellite images tell tales of changing biodiversity Analysis of texture differences in satellite images may be an effective way to monitor changes in vegetation, soil and water patterns over time, with potential implications for measuring biodiversit ... more | .. |
 Gaps in border controls are related to alien insect invasions in Europe European countries with gaps in border security surrounding agricultural imports have been invaded by the largest number of exotic insect pests, according to research published in the open access jo ... more | .. |
 Black rice and tea in Italy as China shows its green side As economic giant China ploughs ahead with modernisation and industrialisation, small-scale farmers and producers are creating pockets of resistance by going back to their roots. ... more | .. |
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 Google adds terrain to Maps as default Google has announced an upgrade to its Maps offering, with the default view featuring shading and color detail to convey terrain information. ... more | .. |
 Food to combat conflicts at global fair in Italy In a world dogged by conflicts and wars, the key to peace and reconciliation lies in food, say chefs, small-scale producers and Slow Food campaigners at the world's biggest food fair in Turin. ... more | .. |
  Australia pumps $1.83 bln into food bowl river The government Friday pledged Aus$1.77 billion (US$1.83 billion) to pump more than 450 billion litres of water into the ailing Murray-Darling River and help rejuvenate a crucial system supplying Australia's food bowl. ... more | .. |
 Gazans produce fish and vegetables in tiny rooftop spaces Abu Ahmed looks out over a sea of grey, empty Gaza rooftops, and smiles as he looks back at the lush greenery sprouting in tubs and pipes on top of his apartment building. ... more |
  
AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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 Formula unlocks secrets of cauliflower's geometry The laws that govern how intricate surface patterns, such as those found in the cauliflower, develop over time have been described, for the first time, by a group of European researchers. In a ... more | .. |
 Rice agriculture accelerates global warming More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, coupled with rising temperatures, is making rice agriculture a larger source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a study published in Nature Cli ... more | .. |
 Combined pesticide exposure affects bumblebee colony success Individual worker behaviour and colony success are both affected when bees are exposed to a combination of pesticides, according to research conducted by Dr Richard Gill and Dr Nigel Raine at Royal ... more | .. |
 Suez reports operating profit fall on delay to Melbourne water plant French utilities group Suez Environnement reported on Thursday a 4.1-percent fall in operating profit for the first nine months of the year to 1.77 billion euros ($2.3 billion). ... more |
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  Sonic boom rocks southwest England Police in southwest England say they were inundated with calls after a sonic boom, believed to be caused by a meteor, rocked Devon and Cornwall counties. ... more | .. |
 Rapid changes in the Earth's core: The magnetic field and gravity from a satellite perspective Annual to decadal changes in the earth's magnetic field in a region that stretches from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean have a close relationship with variations of gravity in this area. From this ... more | .. |
 A Mississippi River diversion helped build Louisiana wetlands The extensive system of levees along the Mississippi River has done much to prevent devastating floods in riverside communities. But the levees have also contributed to the loss of Louisiana's wetla ... more | .. |
 TerraSAR-X images Bonneville salt flats Clouds, darkness, rain - the radar 'vision' of TerraSAR-X is unaffected by these conditions. Dark and light areas contrast clearly in this image, acquired by the German Aerospace Center's (Deutsches ... 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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 Landsat Science Team to Help Guide Next Landsat Mission Landsat satellites have witnessed over four decades of changes on Earth. In advance of the next Landsat spacecraft launch, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in ... more | .. |
 Suez Environnment, Veolia deny tie-up talks French water and waste management groups Suez Environnement and Veolia Environnement on Saturday issued separate statements denying a press report they were working on any sort to tie-up. ... more | .. |
 Pesticides have knock-on effect for bees: study Chronic exposure to pesticides has a bigger knock-on effect on bees than conventional probes suggest, according to a new study on Sunday touching on the mysterious collapse of bee colonies. ... more | .. |
 Panels reject study on GM corn but urge wider probes Two expert panels on Monday rejected a contested French study linking genetically-modified corn to tumours in rats but said it raised issues which deserved wider investigation. ... more |
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 Indian farmers cotton on to sustainable farming When Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi took up the baton for home-grown cotton a century ago, he may not have realised the devastating impact its cultivation would have on the land he so loved. ... more | .. |
  Global drought a 'new normal': report Increasing drought conditions across the planet are part of a "new normal" which oddly presents new business opportunities, a new Bank of America Merrill Lynch report says. ... more | .. |
 Some 500 scientists have created a Top 10 list of plant-damaging fungi Almost 500 international experts have worked together to develop a ranking system of the ten most important phytopathogenic fungi on a scientific and economic level. The rice blast fungus (Magnaport ... more | .. |
 U of M scientist contributes to mapping of barley genome An international team of researchers, including a University of Minnesota scientist, has developed an integrated physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome, one of the w ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
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 Earth Observation Commercial Data Market Remains Strong Despite Slowdown in 2011 According to Euroconsult's latest research report Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Market Prospects to 2021,the market for commercial Earth observation (EO) data slowed significantly in 2011 with ... more | .. |
  Several missing in Peru landslide At least 17 people were reported missing on Wednesday after a mudslide slammed into a hamlet in Peru's mountainous jungle region, Civil Defense officials said. ... more | .. |
 Viral alliances overcoming plant defenses Washington State University researchers have found that viruses will join forces to overcome a plant's defenses and cause more severe infections. "These findings have important implications in ... more | .. |
 Pollenizer Research Should Help Seedless Watermelon Farmers Research from North Carolina State University on flower production and disease resistance in watermelon varieties should help bolster seedless watermelon harvests for farmers. Seedless waterme ... more |
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 Green leaf volatiles increase plant fitness via biocontrol To solve the acute, global problem of securing food resources for a continuously growing population, we must work constantly to increase the sustainability and effectiveness of modern agricultural t ... more | .. |
 Antarctic Rift Subject of International Attention As NASA's Operation IceBridge resumed Antarctic science flights on Oct. 12, 2012, researchers worldwide had their eyes on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, the site of a large rift measure ... more | .. |
  Biodiversity conference mulls true cost of nature Should European farmers pay for pollination provided by bees? Should city dwellers in Brazil pay for the abundant rain generated over the Amazonian forest? And if mangroves are a shield against tsunamis, shouldn't seaside resorts in Thailand be paying for them? ... more | .. |
 Mystery of nematode pest-resistant soybeans cracked For 50 years, the world's soybean crop has depended on the use of cyst nematode resistant varieties of beans, but no one knew how these plants fought off the nematode pests. Now, the secrets of resi ... more |
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