Agriculture

Louisiana shrimp season opens amid spill concern

Originally Published by ENN

– White shrimp fishing season opens in Louisiana waters amidst concern about the effects of BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Posted on August 19th, 2010
Agriculture, Disasters, Oceans

Russia, Crippled by Drought, Bans Grain Exports

Originally Published by NY Times

Posted on August 9th, 2010
Agriculture, Economy

US Farmers May Face Crackdown on Pesticide Use

Originally Published by Truthout

Posted on July 30th, 2010
Agriculture, Health

Geospatial Applications in Agriculture and Global Food Security: An NGA and USDA Project Success

Image of multi-temporal change over Iraq.The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GeoINT Online Communities (NGA) website is focused on Global Food Security and allows online, on-demand discovery of and access to geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) content, services, expertise, and support. It evolved from a food shortage crisis in Iraq during the 2007–08 growing season, and the partnership between NGA and the United States Department of Agriculture detected an impending drought early enough for Iraqi government officials to avert a famine.

Dr. Shawana P. Johnson, posted on July 23rd, 2010
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Orbital Sunrise

 
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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