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  Investments in Pastoralism Offer Best Hope for Combating Droughts in Africa's Drylands

  August 23, 2011 — As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a new study of the response to Kenya's last devastating drought, in 2008-2009, finds that investments aimed at increasing ... > full story
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  Summer Drought Limits the Positive Effects of CO₂ and Heat on Plant Growth in Future Climate

  August 23, 2011 — Summer drought limits the positive effects of carbon dioxide and heat on plant growth in future climate. Although the rain this summer has been pouring down over Denmark, most scientists agree that ... > full story
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  Southern South American Wildfires Expected to Increase

  August 22, 2011 — A new study indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity in the southern half of ... > full story
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  Heavy Metal -- In and Around the Lakes: Pollution Due to Toxic Heavy Metals at the Jail Talav and Kalwa Lakes of Thane City

  August 8, 2011 — Heavy metal pollution of lakes has a seriously detrimental impact on people and ecosystems that rely on such bodies of water. In a new study, researchers have focused on the physicochemical ... > full story
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  Social Networks, Native Seeds Crucial in Restoring Crop Diversity

  August 8, 2011 — Including seeds of local crop varieties in relief-seed packages distributed to smallscale farmers after natural calamities could help indigenous crop diversity rebound faster. Additionally, existing ... > full story
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  La Nina's Distant Effects in East Africa: Droughts and Floods Are Remote-Controlled Climate Effects

  August 4, 2011 — For 20,000 years, climate variability in East Africa has been following a pattern that is evidently a remote effect of the ENSO phenomenon (El Nino Southern Oscillation) known as El Nino/La Nina. ... > full story

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  Breeding Crops With Deeper Roots Could 'Slash CO₂ Levels'

  August 3, 2011 — Breeding crops with roots a meter deeper in the ground could lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels dramatically, with significant environmental benefits, according to new ... > full story
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  Research Helps Breeders Really Know Their Onions to Enhance Global Food Security

  August 3, 2011 — Researchers have developed a unique collection of information about the disease resistance of 96 of the world’s onion varieties. It will be a crucial resource for commercial growers and seed ... > full story
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  NASA Satellite Tracks Severity of African Drought

  August 1, 2011 — Northeast Africa continues to reel from the effects of the worst drought to strike the region in ... > full story
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  US Sets Drought Monitor's 'Exceptional Drought' Record in July

  August 1, 2011 — The percent of contiguous US land area experiencing the worst form of drought reached the highest levels in the history of the US Drought Monitor in July, officials ... > full story

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