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May 03, 2016

In Chile, world's driest desert slakes thirst with fog
Alto Patache, Chile (AFP) May 2, 2016
Every morning at dawn, a thick mist known as "The Darkness" blows in from the Pacific to the edge of the Atacama Desert, the most arid place in the world. After tantalizing the northern Chilean desert with the promise of moisture, the mist evaporates in the sun, leaving the heat to bake the stark lunar landscape. But the South American country is researching how to use a technique called "fog harvesting" to collect this mist in large quantities and deliver it to communities that currently depend ... read more

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Armed guards at India dams as drought leaves farmers dry As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, guards armed with guns stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India's crippling drought. ... more		Scientists advance disease resistance in 3 of world's most important crops Today's advanced online publication of the journal Nature Biotechnology carries three important papers on crop disease resistance. They report the isolation of novel disease resistance genes and the ... more		New gene-detecting technology brings new, resilient superwheat closer Scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have pioneered a new gene-detecting technology which, if deployed correctly could lead to the creation of a new elite var ... more
				Honey bee study of parasites and disease reveals troubling trends Honey bee colonies in the United States are in decline, due in part to the ill effects of voracious mites, fungal gut parasites and a wide variety of debilitating viruses. Researchers from the Unive ... more		Do fish survive in streams in winter Most stream-resident fish stay throughout winter despite the ice. This has been shown by Christine Weber, previous researcher at Umea University, by tagging trout and sculpins with transponders to f ... more

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Indonesia takes aim at palm oil after forest fires Indonesia is pushing to ban new palm oil operations after last year's haze-belching forest fires were partly blamed on the industry's expansion, but producers are warning the move could hit the economy and green groups are sceptical. ... more		Armed guards at India dams as drought leaves farmers dry As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, guards armed with guns stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India's crippling drought. ... more		MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture Rollable solar array by GalaxySpace redefines satellite compactness and power efficiency		Burkina capital hit by water shortage Burkina Faso will impose restrictions on water supplies in the capital Ouagadougou next week to tackle a serious shortage in the city of two million, officials said. ... more
				Measuring river surface flow with image analysis Fujita Ichiro, a Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering in Kobe University, has developed a piece of software that can measure the flow rate of rivers using image analysis. The software is ... more		Mozambique police probe reports of mass grave in rebel stronghold Police in Mozambique said Friday they were investigating reports of the discovery of a mass grave containing 120 bodies in a region which has seen clashes between the security forces and rebels. ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

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Bioreactors ready for the big time Last summer, the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" spanned more than 6,400 square miles, more than three times the size it should have been, according to the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force. Nitrogen runoff from ... more		Million people urge Bayer to stop bee-killer pesticides German agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer was presented Friday with a petition of more than one million signatures urging it to stop manufacturing pesticides that are blamed for the decline in the world's bee populations. ... more		BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2		El Nino dries up Asia as its stormy sister La Nina looms Withering drought and sizzling temperatures from El Nino have caused food and water shortages and ravaged farming across Asia, and experts warn of a double-whammy of possible flooding from its sibling, La Nina. ... more
Australia blocks Chinese-led bid to buy biggest ranch Australian on Friday knocked back the sale of the country's biggest private landowner, cattle firm S. Kidman and Co., to a Chinese-led consortium citing national interest. ... more		Halal: is it meat you're looking for? says China businessman The wine-swilling co-founder of Sai Wai Xiang Halal Foodstuff Co enjoys his pork and does not follow Islam, but still sells more than $50 million-worth of food to Muslims across Asia and the Middle East. ... more		Tonnes of clams die in Vietnam as toxic leak fears mount More than 100 tonnes of clams have perished in central Vietnam, state media reported Thursday, as public outrage mounts over a possible toxic leak into the sea near an industrial zone. ... more		CO2 fertilization greening the earth An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries has just published a study titled "Greening of the Earth and its Drivers" in the journal Nature Climate Change showing sig ... more

	High alpine dairying may have begun over 3000 years ago The discovery of dairy fats on ancient pottery may indicate dairying high in the Alps occurred as early as the Iron Age over 3000 years ago, according to a study published April 21, 2016 in the open ... more		Climate change threatens Iran's great salt lake These dire findings are the result of a new study by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, which ... more

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The P tax cometh

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A cellular sensor of phosphate levels

Criminal charges filed in Flint tainted water scandal

India says 330 million people suffering from drought

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Chile heavy rain leaves millions without water, closes copper mine

Gripped by drought, Ethiopia drills for water

China wields increasing power in world wine market: study

Chemical weathering controls erosion rates in rivers

Storms leave three million without water in Chile capital

Spreading seeds by human migration

Trap and neutralize: A new way to clean contaminated groundwater

Rising CO2 levels reduce protein in crucial pollen source for bees

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