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Limiting greenhouse gas emissions from land use in Europe
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
Not only do humans emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but they also do things that help remove these gases from the atmosphere-for example, planting mor...
Got baby milk? Chinese dealers strip shelves worldwide
Apr 12, 2013 (AFP)
Blamed for empty shop shelves from Europe to Australia, networks of baby formula traffickers are shipping milk powder to Chinese parents fearful of local produc...
Urban Grass Might Be Greener, but That Doesn't Mean It's Greener
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
Amy Townsend-Small, a UC assistant professor of geology and geography, will present her research, "Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Urban Ec...
'Sustainable fish' label comes under fire
Apr 12, 2013 (AFP)
The world's biggest scheme to certify that seafish come from sustainable sources has come under fire in a scientific journal, where researchers say the label is...
Cuba faces vast land losses as sea levels rise
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Cuba risks losing a vast stretch of beach front homes and pristine coastal habitat by 2050, because of rapidly rising sea levels, a top environmental official w...
Residents in China ordered to cull birds: media
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Residents of a Chinese city were ordered to cull all their poultry as authorities stepped up attempts to halt the spread of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, state medi...
Population boom poses interconnected challenges of energy, food, water
Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)
Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to providing a bare subsistence diet for poverty-stricken people in developing...
Reducing waste of food: A key element in feeding billions more people
Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)
Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to tra...
China bird flu outbreak 'devastating' poultry sales
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
China's bird flu outbreak is "devastating" poultry sales, an industry group said Tuesday as the death toll from the H7N9 virus rose to nine. Since China announc...
Indonesia fears shuttlecock shortage due to China bird flu
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Badminton-crazy Indonesia is concerned a deadly bird flu outbreak could claim an unlikely victim -- the shuttlecock -- officials said Tuesday after the governme...
China bird flu 'devastates' poultry business: group
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
China's deadly bird flu outbreak has dealt a "devastating" blow to the nation's poultry sector, an industry group said Tuesday, with sales reportedly plunging a...
High salt levels in Saharan groundwater endanger oases farming
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
For more than 40 years, snowmelt and runoff from Morocco's High Atlas Mountains has been dammed and redirected hundreds of kilometers to the south to irrigate o...
Birch juice season takes Latvia by storm
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
As spring melts away a long winter deep in Latvia's vast forests, the stillness is almost imperceptibly broken by a rhythmic drip, drip, drip. A small black tub...
China bird flu outbreak spurs food safety fears
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
China's bird flu outbreak is "devastating" poultry sales, an industry group said Tuesday, as the H7N9 virus which has killed seven people triggered a new food s...
Bumblebees use logic to find the best flowers
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), have discovered why bees copy each other when looking for nectar - an...
Land degradation causes up to 5% loss in farm output
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Loss of land through desertification and drought costs up to five percent of world agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP), or some $450 billion (340 billion...
Pandas vs pinot as vineyards adjust to warming
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Which is more important, pandas or pinot? Researchers say that is a question conservationists and wine-growers will have to answer in the coming years as climat...
'No worry signal' over Indian monsoon season: report
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
India's monsoon, vital to hundreds of millions of farmers and of crucial importance to the economy, will likely be normal this year, a report said Monday. "So f...
China paper says farm sector raises bird flu risk
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
A state-backed Chinese newspaper Sunday blamed "intense" farming methods for heightening the risk of deadly diseases such as H7N9 bird flu crossing from animals...
'World's greatest' chef Adria seeks digital legacy
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
From foie gras noodles and liquid olives to air baguettes and mimetic peanuts, much of what elBulli chef Ferran Adria and his team created across their nearly 2...
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