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International Innovation Needed for Efficient Nitrogen Management
September 16, 2011 — The use of nitrogen in chemical fertilizers has had enormous benefits: feeding the ever-increasing world population. But there is a downside: the huge burden to the environment, public health and ... > full story -
Restoring Forests and Planting Trees on Farms Can Greatly Improve Food Security
September 15, 2011 — Restoring and preserving dryland forests and planting more trees to provide food, fodder and fertilizer on small farms are critical steps toward preventing the recurrence of the famine now ... > full story -
Ancient Crocodile Competed With Titanoboa, World's Largest Snake, for Food, Paleontologists Discover
September 14, 2011 — Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money? In a new study, researchers describe a new 20-foot extinct species discovered in the same Colombian coal mine ... > full story -
Combined Approach to Tackling Poverty and Disease Achieves Better Results for the World's Poorest, Report Says
September 14, 2011 — As governments prepare to gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19 and 20, a new report provides clear and compelling evidence that a combined approach to tackling ... > full story -
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Sustainability Scientists Suggest How Countries Can Cooperate on Climate
September 12, 2011 — Experts suggest using game theory and a scalable method of rewards and punishments (called linear compensation) to help develop strategies that encourage all nations to participation fully in ... > full story -
Study in Tanzania Finds Fishery Improvements Outweigh Fuelwood Losses
September 8, 2011 — When the government of Tanzania established Saadani National Park in 2005, it enhanced protection of the coastal mangrove ecosystem from further degradation. A new study found that the new park ... > full story -
Using Less Water to Grow More Potatoes
September 1, 2011 — Agricultural researchers have confirmed that in some production systems, planting potatoes in flat beds can increase irrigation water use ... > full story -
'Plastic Bottle' Solution for Arsenic-Contaminated Water Threatening 100 Million People
August 31, 2011 — With almost 100 million people in developing countries exposed to dangerously high arsenic levels in their drinking water, and unable to afford purification technology, scientists described a simple, ... > full story -
Wastewater Recycling Can Multiply Greenhouse Gas Emissions
August 29, 2011 — New research shows that wastewater recycling processes may generate more greenhouse gases than traditional water-treatment processes. Despite this finding, there are good reasons to continue keep ... > full story -
Friend and Foe: Nitrogen Pollution's Little-Known Environmental and Human Health Threats
August 28, 2011 — Billions of people owe their lives to nitrogen fertilizers -- a pillar of the fabled Green Revolution in agriculture that averted global famine in the 20th century -- but few are aware that nitrogen ... > full story
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