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December 18, 2013
WATER WORLD
Saving the Great Plains water supply
East Lansing MI (SPX) Dec 17, 2013
Significant portions of the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest bodies of water in the United States, are at risk of drying up if it continues to be drained at its current rate. In the current issue of Earth's Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, Michigan State University scientists are proposing alternatives that will halt and hopefully reverse the unsustainable use of water drawdown in the aquifer. The body of water, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, spans from Texas to Sou ... read more
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FARM NEWS

Cat domestication traced to Chinese farmers 5,300 years ago
Five-thousand years before it was immortalized in a British nursery rhyme, the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt was doing just fine living alongside farmers in the ancient Chinese village o ... more
WATER WORLD

Climate change puts 40 percent more people at risk of absolute water scarcity
Water scarcity impacts people's lives in many countries already today. Future population growth will increase the demand for freshwater even further. Yet in addition to this, on the supply side, wat ... more
WATER WORLD

Researchers split water into hydrogen, oxygen using light, nanoparticles
Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially creating a clean and renewable source of energy. Thei ... more
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FARM NEWS

Diet and digestion in cows, chickens and pigs drives climate change 'hoofprint'
The resources required to raise livestock and the impacts of farm animals on environments vary dramatically depending on the animal, the type of food it provides, the kind of feed it consumes and wh ... more


DISASTER MANAGEMENT

UN supplies seeds for typhoon-hit Philippine farmers
The UN food agency on Tuesday said it had begun supplying farmers in the Philippines with emergency seed supplies after a devastating typhoon that struck just at the beginning of the planting season. ... more
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Two insecticides a risk for human nervous system: EU
The EU warned Tuesday that two widely used insecticides, one of which has been implicated in catastrophic bee population decline, may pose a risk to human health by harming brain development. ... more
SINO DAILY

Ancient bones offer peek at history of cats in China
Five-thousand-year-old cat bones found in a Chinese farming village have raised new questions about man's complex rapport with domestic felines through history, said a study out Monday. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Scientists help adapt Brazil farming to climate change
Hundreds of scientists are helping Brazil's giant agricultural sector prepare for the effects of climate change and anticipate pests that hit neighboring countries. ... more
WATER WORLD

Harvard study shows sprawl threatens water quality, climate protection, and land conservation gains
A groundbreaking study by Harvard University's Harvard Forest and the Smithsonian Institution reveals that, if left unchecked, recent trends in the loss of forests to development will undermine sign ... more
FARM NEWS

Biodegradable or not?
In order to improve the evaluation process for the long-term consequences of pesticides, scientists have developed a new detection method and a model that can enable determinations regarding whether ... more
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FARM NEWS

Toxic Substances in Banana Plants Kill Root Pests
Bananas are a major food staple for about 400 million people in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, banana yields worldwide are severely threatened by pe ... more
WATER WORLD

Where water is limited, researchers determine how much water is enough
A collaboration of scientists from the US Department of Agriculture and the University of California Davis, among others, has introduced a precision instrument that can determine the water loss, or ... more
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WATER WORLD

Upper Rio Grande Impact Reveals Growing Gap in Supply and Demand
Increasing temperatures and changes in the timing of snowmelt runoff could impact the amount of water available on the upper Rio Grande in the future. These are some of the results of the Upper Rio ... more
WATER WORLD

New GPM Video Dissects the Anatomy of a Raindrop
When asked to picture the shape of raindrops, many of us will imagine water looking like tears that fall from our eyes, or the stretched out drip from a leaky faucet ... more
WATER WORLD

Scientists discover vast undersea freshwater reserves
Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle. ... more
WATER WORLD
Brazil, China to make new satellite launch in 2014

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CryoSat Tracks Storm Surge


WATER WORLD
USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Contract to Complete Two More GPS III Satellites

Galileo achieves its first airborne tracking

'Smart' wig navigates by GPS, monitors brainwaves


WATER WORLD
Young tropical forests contribute little to biodiversity conservation

More logging, deforestation may better serve climate in some areas

Humans threaten wetlands' ability to keep pace with sea-level rise


WATER WORLD
Biorefinery could put South Australian forest industry back on growth track

Ground broken on $6 million Hungarian farm biogas plant

Team reports on US trials of bioenergy grasses

FARM NEWS

New System for Assessing How Effective Species Are at Pollinating Crops
From tomatoes to pumpkins, most fruit and vegetable crops rely on pollination by bees and other insect species - and the future of many of those species is uncertain. Now researchers from North Caro ... more
FARM NEWS

EU court annuls Commission approval of BASF's GM potato
The EU's second highest court Friday annulled a European Commission decision to authorise a genetically modified potato developed by German giant BASF, saying it had not followed proper procedure. ... more
WATER WORLD

California Water Planners Hear NASA Long-Term Forecast
Recent NASA research tying California weather to large-scale atmospheric patterns contributed to the newly issued experimental Winter Outlook Forecast for Water Year 2014 by the California Departmen ... more
FARM NEWS

Scientists map food security and self-provision of major cities
Wealthy capital cities vary greatly in their dependence on the global food market. The Australian capital Canberra produces the majority of its most common food in its regional hinterland, while Tok ... more
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WATER WORLD

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WATER WORLD

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WATER WORLD

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