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NASA, Google Data Show North Korea Logging in Protected Area
May 17, 2010 — Using NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has reported finding evidence that North Korea has been logging in what is designated as a protected United Nations forest ... > full story -
Does Foreign Policy Help or Hinder Global Health?
May 11, 2010 — In two articles closing out the PLoS Medicine series on global health diplomacy, senior diplomats offer their perspectives on how foreign policy can make a difference to global ... > full story -
First-Ever Landscape-Wide Study of Elephants and Great Apes
May 6, 2010 — The Wildlife Conservation Society announced the results of the first-ever evaluation of a large, "landscape-wide" conservation approach to protect globally important populations of elephants and ... > full story -
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Climate Experts Aim to Build Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
May 6, 2010 — Scientists are seeking solutions to how to adapt the world's agricultural areas to a different climate with new conditions for production and agriculture and help reduce agriculture's emission of ... > full story -
Organic Farming Shows Limited Benefit to Wildlife, Researchers in UK Find
May 5, 2010 — Organic farms may be seen as wildlife friendly, but the benefits to birds, bees and butterflies don't compensate for the lower yields produced, according to new research in the ... > full story -
New Atlas Underlines Significant Role of Northern Soils in Climate Change
May 4, 2010 — European researchers have launched a soil atlas of the world's northernmost regions, where more than half the carbon present in Earth's soils is stored. Although there has been much focus on the ... > full story -
Large Amounts of Nitrogen Stored Beneath Selected Agricultural Areas
May 3, 2010 — Scientists used a new version of the Root Zone Water Quality Model to estimate unsaturated zone nitrogen mass balances at four agricultural fields. The new version of the model can make predictions ... > full story -
Climate Change Affects Subterranean Ecosystems
April 29, 2010 — Changes above the ground, such as a higher concentration of carbon dioxide and increased temperatures have major consequences for the contact zone between plant roots and the soil, according to ... > full story -
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Analyzing Biofuel Sources and Predicting Effects on Water, Soil and the Atmosphere
April 28, 2010 — The promise of switchgrass, the challenges for forests and the costs of corn-based ethanol production: Ecological scientists review the many factors surrounding biofuel crop production and its ... > full story -
Global Biofuel Drive Raises Risk of Eviction for African Farmers
April 22, 2010 — African farmers risk being forced from their lands by investors or government projects as global demand for biofuels encourages changes in crop ... > full story
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