24/7 Farm  News Coverage
December 07, 2016
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New study of water-saving plants advances efforts to develop drought-resistant crops

S. Korea expands cull to contain bird flu

Agave genes could inspire new drought-resistant plants

Geophagy: "soil-eating" as an addictive behaviour

Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US

US risks five-fold jump in extreme rainfall: study

The economy of cold soil blues

600,000 risk losing water in war-scarred Ukraine

Indigenous people eat 15 times more seafood than non-indigenous people

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Study shows many lakes getting murkier, but gives hope for improvement

EU warns no extension for British farm subsidies

Where the rains come from

Companies using Indonesian palm oil tainted by abuse

Glowing crystals can detect, cleanse contaminated drinking water

Researchers produce map of farming households across the world



S. Korea confirms more cases of deadly bird flu

500,000 Iraqis face 'catastrophic' Mosul water shortages: UN

Lake ecologists see winter as a key scientific frontier



NASA Announces First Geostationary Vegetation, Atmospheric Carbon Mission

Scientists shed light on the climate-changing desert dust fertilizing our oceans

NASA's AIM observes early noctilucent ice clouds over Antarctica

DigitalGlobe releases first high-resolution image from WorldView-4 satellite

Bacterial mechanism converts nitrogen to greenhouse gas

OGC requests public comment on its Coverage Implementation Schema

Lockheed Martin Advances Modernization of Current GPS Ground Control System for USAF

High-Precision System for Real-Time Navigation Data of GLONASS Ready for Service

Launch of new Galileo navigation quartet

How NASA and John Deere Helped Tractors Drive Themselves

Indonesia expands protection for peatlands, climate

Laser technique boosts aerial imaging of woodlands

Green groups pressure Spain over 'at risk' wetlands

Scientists say North should commit to pay for forest conservation in South

Tribal protesters with arrows try to enter Brazil's Congress

Investing in the 'bioeconomy' could create jobs and reduce carbon emissions

Argonne researchers study how reflectivity of biofuel crops impacts climate

UNIST researchers turn waste gas into road-ready diesel fuel

NextCoal to produce bio-coal for export to Japan, bio-oil for domestic use

New biofuel cell with energy storage



Ultrathin protective layer brings quite a bit more stability to perovskite solar cell

New York funds low income access to solar power

Simple processing technique could cut cost of organic PV and wearable electronics

EU on track to meet 2020 target for renewable energy: report

High renewable electricity growth continued in 2015

Ireland gets a bit greener with funding from Europe

New York to bid in Federal Offshore Wind Auction

Owl-inspired wing design reduces wind turbine noise by 10 decibels

DONG Energy sets wind energy sights on Taiwan

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



China coal mine blasts kill 59: report

India-backed Australia mega coal mine to start work mid-2017

China risks wasting $490 bn on coal plants: campaigners

Thousands demand scrap of Bangladesh coal-fired plant

Canada to phase out coal power by 2030: official

'One app, two systems' for China app censorship: researchers

Hong Kong launches legal bid against four pro-democracy lawmakers

Cheeky Chinese artist critiques society with nudity

Torture rampant in China's 'shuanggui' system: HRW

Nude selfies used as collateral for Chinese loans



What do Netflix, Google and planetary systems have in common?

China criticises US decision to block Aixtron deal

US moves to block Chinese purchase of German tech firm Aixtron

Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built

DARPA Creating Industry Government Group for Safe Operation of Space Robotics

Paradise lost: How toxic water destroyed Pakistan's largest lake

New grasses neutralize toxic pollution from bombs, explosives, and munitions

Greenpeace urges microbead ban to protect ocean life

Europe air pollution causes 467,000 early deaths a year: report

Canada pressed to make clean environment a constitutional right



Hundreds flee wildfires near Jerusalem

NASA Sets Space Fire in Second Round of Fire Safety Experiments

Indonesian fires exposed 69 million to 'killer haze'

Wildfire management or fire suppression

Climate change doubles US forest-fire burn areas: study

Over half of Med's shark and ray species 'at risk of extinction'

Longest-living animal gives up ocean climate secrets

600,000 risk losing water in war-scarred Ukraine

East Asian dust deposition impacts on marine biological productivity

Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US



Increasing tornado outbreaks - is climate change responsible?

Hurricane kills 9 in Costa Rica

Four dead after unprecedented Australia 'thunderstorm asthma'

Death toll in New Caledonia landslides rises to five

One dead, one missing as storm batters Britain

EU accuses China of wrecking 'green' goods deal

China must 'walk the talk' on trade: former WTO chief

China merges steelmakers to forge new national leader

Erdogan wants trade with Russia, China in local currencies

Ratings agencies see China slowing down

Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

GREGOR first results published in special issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics

NASA's Sun-Observing IRIS Mission

Article proposes theory behind fast magnetic reconnection

ESA expands space weather services

CU Boulder instrument suite will assess space weather

Using the force

Fast evolution affects everyone, everywhere

Intensification of land use leads to the same species everywhere

Canada caribou and monarch butterfly "endangered": experts

To communicate, some ants swap spit



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