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Bangladesh city suffers loss of greeneryDhaka, Bangladesh (UPI) Nov 1, 2012 Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, once a city of lush forests and grass fields, has suffered drastic environmental changes due to rapid urbanization, experts say. Now home to more than 15 million people, Dhaka began to lose its trees, lawns and areas of open space to accelerating and unplanned urbanization since the country became independent in 1971 and is now considered one of the least livable cities in the world, environmentalists said. Urbanization without taking into account protection ... read more |
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 NASA Maps How Nutrients Affect Plant Productivity A new analysis led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has estimated how much the growth of plants worldwide is limited by the amount of nutrients available in their soil. The map ... more | .. |
  USDA Patents Method to Reduce Ammonia Emissions Capturing and recycling ammonia from livestock waste is possible using a process developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers. This invention could help streamline on-farm nitrogen ... more | .. |
 Plants recognise pathogenic and beneficial microorganisms In collaboration with national and international experts, researchers from Aarhus University have revealed new fundamental features of biomolecular interactions that enable plants to identify and re ... more | .. |
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 Could chloroplast breakthrough unlock key to controlling fruit ripening in crops? Biologists may have unearthed the potential to manipulate the functions of chloroplasts, the parts of plant cells responsible for photosynthesis. Researchers in the University of Leicester's D ... more | .. |
 Study details essential role of trust in agricultural biotech partnerships Trust between partners is a fundamental requisite in agricultural biotech projects, according to Canadian researchers who have published insights from a four year study into what built or undermined ... more | .. |
  UK butterfly populations threatened by extreme drought and landscape fragmentation A new study has found that the sensitivity and recovery of UK butterfly populations to extreme drought is affected by the overall area and degree of fragmentation of key habitat types in the landsca ... more | .. |
 Survey: Israel heaviest user of pesticides Israel uses more pesticides in its farm fields than any other Western country, a survey of agricultural practices by its Central Bureau of Statistics found. ... more |
  
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  China's urban-rural wealth gap narrowing: Beijing Incomes for China's farmers grew rapidly this year, state media said Thursday, helping to close a wealth gap with city workers which is a key issue for a government obsessed with social stability. ... more | .. |
 Desert farming forms bacterial communities that promote drought resistance When there is little water available for plants to grow, their roots form alliances with soil microbes that can promote plant growth even under water-limiting conditions, according to research publi ... more | .. |
  Switching to an energy crop: Break even or make a profit? Along with the growing interest in biomass energy crops as renewable alternatives to fossil fuels comes a growing list of questions from corn and soybean farmers about what it will cost them to swit ... more | .. |
 Scientists Find Aphid Resistance in Black Raspberry There's good news for fans of black raspberries: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his commercial colleague have found black raspberries that have resistance to a disease-spreadi ... more |
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  NASA Radar Penetrates Thick, Thin of Gulf Oil Spill Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have developed a method to use a specialized NASA 3-D imaging radar to characterize the oil in ... more | .. |
 Minimizing Mining Damage with Manure U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research confirms that the time-tested practice of amending crop soils with manure also can help restore soils on damaged post-mining landscapes. Thousands of a ... more | .. |
  Global precipitation variability decreased from 1940 to 2009 One of the strongly held assumptions of climate change is that the variability of precipitation will grow with an increase in temperature. Storms will become heavier but less frequent. Flash f ... more | .. |
 Greater effort needed to move local, fresh foods beyond 'privileged' consumers An Indiana University study that looked at consumers who buy locally grown and produced foods through farmer's markets and community-supported agriculture programs found the venues largely attract a ... 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 | .. |
 Honduran crocodile farm bets on skins' glam future 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. ... 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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