24/7 Farm  News Coverage
November 17, 2016
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Early evidence of dairying discovered

Bacteria discovery offers possible new means of controlling crop pest

Study finds less gloomy outlook for subtropical rainfall

Mississippi River could leave farmland stranded

How NASA and John Deere Helped Tractors Drive Themselves

Slovenia amends constitution to ensure right to water

New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas

Study finds limited sign of soil adaptation to climate warming

Light therapy could cure pesticide-poisoned bees

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Swimmers worth their salt cross shrinking Dead Sea

Chile's cold south makes wine in warming climate

As Delhi chokes, farmers defend scorched earth policy

Pest control: Wicked weeds may be agricultural angels

Agriculture victim of and solution to climate change

The two types of liquid water



Game theory shows how tragedies of the commons might be averted

Climate, human influence conspired in Lake Urmia's decline

Chile's 'green gold' under threat: agar-agar algae



NASA finds unusual origins of high-energy electrons

How lightning strikes can improve storm forecasts

Spaceflight Industries Reveals First Images from BlackSky Pathfinder-1

Farewell to Sentinel-2B

ULA launches latest DigitalGlobe commercial earth observation satellite WorldView-4

Launch of new Galileo navigation quartet

How NASA and John Deere Helped Tractors Drive Themselves

Flying the fantastic four

Russian Space Agency May Launch Up to 4 Glonass Navigation Satellites Next Year

Australian continent shifts with the seasons

Global boreal forests differ but not immune to climate change

Mangrove protection key to survival for Senegalese community

Morocco's oases fight back creeping desert sands

Database captures most extensive urban tree sizes, growth rates across United States

New warning over spread of ash dieback

New biofuel cell with energy storage

Bioelectronics at the speed of life

NREL finds bacterium that uses both CO2 and cellulose to make biofuels

State partnerships can promote increased bio-energy production, reduce emissions

Turning biofuel waste into wealth in a single step



Wind and solar energy projects could bring 5,000 new jobs to rural Minnesota

'Back to the Future' inspires solar nanotech-powered clothing

New way to make low-cost solar cell technology

A New Way to Image Solar Cells in 3-D

Solar cells get boost with integration of water-splitting catalyst

DONG Energy sets wind energy sights on Taiwan

Interior set to rule on future of BLM's Renewable Energy Program

Microsoft Corp. taps deeper into wind power

Alberta pushing hard on renewable energy pedal

Cuomo announces major progress in offshore wind development



Toll in China mine blast rises to 33

China blast kills 15 miners, 18 missing: state media

U.S., Canada aim to cut emissions from coal

Climate: Catholic groups divest from fossil fuels

World Bank secretly finances Asian 'coal boom,' group says

China's most-wanted corruption fugitive returns from US

Voting in an election 'with Chinese characteristics'

Anti-China lawmakers disqualified from Hong Kong parliament

China executes man who killed official after home demolished

Buying peace? Chinese money brings Tibet growth, apathy



Researchers question if banning of 'killer robots' actually will stop robots from killing

Researchers create living bio-hybrid system

Crowd workers help robot keep conversation fresh

Scientists come up with light-driven motors to power nanorobots of the future

Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance

Study demonstrates potential support for ban on microbeads in cosmetics

New toxicology test could improve USDA, EPA chemical screening

Heavy pollution shuts schools in Iran's capital

As mercury emissions drop, so do concentrations in tuna

Pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone



Wildfire management or fire suppression

Climate change doubles US forest-fire burn areas: study

Siberia forest fires engulf 2 mn hectares

Indonesian clerics issue fatwa against forest fires

Examining forest resilience in the face of fires

Quantifying the hidden environmental cost of hydroelectric dams

Study finds less gloomy outlook for subtropical rainfall

Slovenia amends constitution to ensure right to water

Underwater video reveals culprits behind disappearance of NSW kelp forests

Kelp forests globally resilient, but may need local solutions to environmental threats



Two dead as tornado strikes quake-hit Italy

Satellite to improve weather forecasts

Airbus weather satellite MetOp-A notches up 10 years

Wind patterns in lowest layers of supercell storms key to predicting tornadoes

Scientists pit modern roof shapes against high-speed winds

Asia-Pacific leaders talk trade in a Trump world

JP Morgan Chase to pay $264 mn to settle China bribe scandal

Finland pining for post-Nokia economic champion

Italy cracks down on illegal Chinese immigration as Xi visits

China weakens yuan to eight-year low

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CU Boulder instrument suite will assess space weather

An easier way to observe the inner workings of the sun

How to read a STEREO image

Gaining a revolutionary view of the Sun in STEREO

Tracking waves from sunspots gives new solar insight

More than a shield: New snail species uses shell as a weapon

Two tigers killed or trafficked every week: report

New model reveals adaptations of world's most abundant ocean microbe

As video shows, mob mentality a boon to hungry hyenas

Scaling the odds at Vietnam's pangolin rehab



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