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Global scheme to boost rice yields while reducing damage to environment launched
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 10th, 2010
ScienceDaily: One of the world's largest global scientific partnerships for sustainable agricultural development has launched a bold new research initiative that aims to dramatically improve the ability of rice farmers to feed growing populations in some of the world's poorest nations. The efforts of the Global Rice Science Partnership, or GRiSP, are expected to lift 150 million people out of poverty by 2035 and prevent the emission of greenhouse gases by an amount equivalent to more than 1 billion tons of carbon...
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Water managers weigh costs of sea level rise
Posted by South Florida Sun-Central: Andy Rei on November 10th, 2010
South Florida Sun-Central: For millions of South Floridians, life on a peninsula means melting icecaps in Greenland aren't just something for polar bears to worry about.
South Florida's coastal flood-control structures, counted on to protect low-lying communities from getting swamped, already are at risk from sea level rise due to climate change, according to scientists for the South Florida Water Management District.
In the coming months, the district's governing board will be asked to endorse more scientific studies...
How do we know: Groundwater
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 10th, 2010
Climate Central: Groundwater makes up about 20 percent of the world's fresh water supply. Find out how scientists are tracking the changing groundwater supplies around the world, and what it means for changes in global climate.
Migrants spread farming to Europe
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 10th, 2010
BBC: Farming in Europe did not just spread by word-of-mouth, but was introduced by migrants from the ancient Near East, a study suggests.
Scientists analysed DNA from the 8,000 year-old remains of early farmers found at an ancient graveyard in Germany.
They compared the genetic signatures to those of modern populations and found similarities with the DNA of people living in today's Turkey and Iraq.
The study appears in the journal PLoS Biology.
Wolfgang Haak of the University of Adelaide in...
Climate change the new flood risk for Qld
Posted by Sydney Morning Herald: Tony Bartlett on November 10th, 2010
Sydney Morning Herald: Queensland will be threatened by higher flood levels from intense torrential downpours brought on by climate change, a local government conference has been told.
Councils throughout the state have been warned to stop worrying about how to cope with the rare massive floods that happen only once a century and focus more on the threat of climate change.
The recommendation is contained in a new study on the impact of inland flooding, released on Wednesday by Climate Change and Sustainability Minister...