News tagged with farmland
Researchers work to identify how crops may be vulnerable to attack
On farmland around the globe, a silent war rages, between crops and the diseases that attack them. Crop diseases cost the world an estimated $220 billion every year and put millions at risk of starvation.
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Vermont farmer experiments with cold-hardy rice
(AP) -- Erik Andrus considers himself a beer and bread man, but he's had limited success growing high quality grains on his sometimes soggy swath of Vermont farmland. This spring, in an effort to turn a liability ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk
As millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. Midwest and South recover from Mississippi River flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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China drought impact widens, reaching Shanghai
(AP) -- China's worst drought in a half-century is deepening, with the parched weather that has left millions in the Yangtze River region without enough drinking water pushing inflation higher and adding to widespread power ...
May 26, 2011 |
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Mississippi crests in Memphis at nearly 48 feet
(AP) -- The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling inches short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup.
May 10, 2011 |
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Future farm: a sunless, rainless room indoors
Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Bee farmland activity research gives academics a buzz
(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain crops influence the number of bees in farmland habitats, according to groundbreaking new research by the University of Plymouth.
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Bioenergy crops could lower surface temperatures: research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Converting large swaths of farmland to perennial grasses for biofuels could lower regional surface temperatures, according to a recent Stanford study.
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Racing against the Orangutan clock
For the last 18 years, Cheryl Knott of Boston University has been racing the clock. While she researches orangutans in the rainforests of Gunung Palung National Park in Borneo, the numbers of this magnificent ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Iran oil spill hits Gulf coast
An aging oil pipeline has ruptured in southern Iran, contaminating vast patches of the coast and farmland near the town of Deylam on the Gulf, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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German microbiologists aim to optimize bio-ethanol production
Food versus fuel -- this rivalry is gaining significance against a backdrop of increasingly scarce farmland and a concurrent trend towards the use of bio-fuels. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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'Red mud' disaster's main threat to crops is not toxic metals
As farmers in Hungary ponder spring planting on hundreds of acres of farmland affected by last October's red mud disaster, scientists are reporting that high alkalinity is the main threat to a bountiful harvest, not toxic ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Germany's top court upholds restrictive GM crops law
Germany's top court on Wednesday upheld a two-year-old law placing sharp restrictions on the use of genetically modified crops, saying it protected the public from the risks of the technology.
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Plight of farmland birds identified with new research
Farmland birds that are poorer parents and less "brainy" are faring worse than other farmland bird species, a study at the University of Bristol has found.
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Irrigation's cooling effects may mask warming in some regions -- for now
Expanded irrigation has made it possible to feed the world's growing billions—and it may also temporarily be counteracting the effects of climate change in some regions, say scientists in a new study. But ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 07, 2010 |
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