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NASA Partnership Sends Earth Science Data To AfricaPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2010 A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent more than 30 terabytes of free Earth science satellite data to South African researchers to support sustainable development and environmental applications in Africa. The data from one of the instruments on NASA's Terra satellite provide observations of Africa's surface and atmosphere, including vegetation structure, airborne pollution particles, cloud heights and winds. Transfer of these data to a distribution cente ... read more |
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Tokyo (UPI) Oct 7, 2010 Japan aims to curb its reliance on China for rare earth minerals particularly after China abruptly halted mineral shipments to Japan in recent weeks due to a diplomatic dispute between the countries. Rare earth elements are indispensable to a range of green energy and high-tech components such as wind turbines, low-energy light bulbs, batteries for hybrid and electric cars, lasers, fibe ... more  
College Park, Md. (UPI) Oct 7, 2010 Friday, the U.S. Labor Department will report September employment and forecasters expect the economy added zero new jobs. Unemployment is anticipated to rise a notch to 9.7 percent. Completion of temporary jobs cloud the picture, subtracting an expected 75,000 positions but the private sector likely added about the same number of jobs. Core private sector employment - private j ... more  
Rome (AFP) Oct 7, 2010Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was in Rome on Thursday to put the seal on Sino-Italian business deals worth a reported 2.5 billion dollars after fending off European pressure to increase the value of the yuan. The contracts will include a joint project worth 800 million dollars to build a solar power station in southern Italy and two contracts to provide broadband Internet in Italy, Italian news ... more |
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Peru mines new gold in guanoGuanape Sur, Peru (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 It was a treasure for the Incas, the cause of a war, and once a backbone of Peru's economy. Now as the world hungers for sustainable resources, bird excrement is once again as prized as gold. And a handful of islands off the nation's Pacific coast are literally dripping in tons and tons of one of its most historic treasures: guano. Here millions of birds, fed by anchovy-rich waters, poop around-the-clock, discharging a dirty, potent, fishy cocktail of phosphates and nitrates. "It is a natura ... read more |
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