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Satellites Pinpoint Drivers Of Urban Heat Islands In The NortheastSan Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 Cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston are prominent centers of political power. Less known: Their size, background ecology, and development patterns also combine to make them unusually warm, according to NASA scientists who presented new research recently at an American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, Calif. Summer land surface temperature of cities in the Northeast were an average of 7 degrees C to 9 degrees C (13 degrees F to 16 degrees F) warmer than surrounding ... read more |
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 Wild seeds seen as world crop 'insurance' British scientists say they plan to collect wild plant relatives of essential food crops including wheat, rice and potatoes to preserve their genetic traits. ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellite Sees An Early Meteorological Winter In US Midwest NASA's Terra satellite captures daily visible and infrared images around the Earth and took a daytime image of a blanket of snow in the Upper Midwest this week. Even though astronomical winter is le ... more | .. |
 No rice please, we're Indonesians Indonesia is one of the world's biggest producers - and consumers - of rice, but in the interests of public health and food sustainability the government has launched an ambitious drive to wean people off their beloved staple. ... more | .. |
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  Assessing Seismic Hazard Of Central Eastern USA As the U.S. policy makers renew emphasis on the use of nuclear energy in their efforts to reduce the country's oil dependence, other factors come into play. One concern of paramount importance is th ... more | .. |
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 Blizzard rocks US Midwest, East Coast braces A fierce early winter storm pounded several Midwestern states and was moving east on Sunday, shutting busy airports and highways and snarling travel across about half the United States. ... more | .. |
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 Sand, snow, lightning storms wreak Mideast havoc Winds, rain, sandstorms and hail battered the southern and eastern Mediterranean on Sunday, killing at least five people, closing ports and disrupting traffic in the Suez Canal. ... more | .. |
 Bluefin tuna catches to be reduced in Pacific: reports Fishing nations have agreed to hold their catches of young bluefin tuna in the central and western Pacific in 2011 and 2012 below the 2002-2004 annual averages, press reports said Sunday. ... more |
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 UN confirms Sudan air raid on border with south The United Nations on Monday confirmed that Sudanese warplanes had carried out an air raid in a border area of south Sudan, less than a month before a planned referendum on southern independence. ... more | .. |
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 More cold-stunned sea turtles rescued Volunteers in Virginia and North Carolina say they've been busy rescuing cold-affected sea turtles and finding them temporary homes in aquariums. ... more | .. |
 Search called off for missing crew from SKorean trawler Rescuers Tuesday abandoned the search for 17 seamen lost after a South Korean trawler sank in icy waters off Antarctica, saying there was no hope they survived a tragedy that has claimed 22 lives. ... more |
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