Agriculture

A new Sub-Task on Agricultural Mapping is building a living, community-based consolidated cropland map. The aim is to provide the agricultural monitoring, food security and land use change communities with a better cropland product than currently exists. The product is freely available to researchers and the general public.

See et al., posted on January 24th, 2012
Agriculture, Earth Observation, Featured Article

Live updates from fishing boats could reduce waste

Originally Published by New Scientist

– A Japanese fishing fleet is posting details of catches online in real time. Could this make fishing more sustainable by matching demand to supply?

Posted on January 24th, 2012
Agriculture, Oceans

Cuts in Methane, Soot Emissions Quickly Save Lives, Climate, Crops

Originally Published by ENS

– Reducing emissions of black carbon and methane could slow climate change, increase crop yields and prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year.

Posted on January 17th, 2012
Agriculture, Climate, Health

Monkeys’ many faces

Originally Published by BBC News

– The hidden evolutionary secrets of primates’ faces.

Posted on January 14th, 2012
Agriculture, Would You Believe?

What Rising Temperatures May Mean for World’s Wine Industry

Originally Published by e360

– As the world continues to warm, some traditional winemaking regions scramble to adapt, while others see themselves as new wine frontiers.

Posted on January 13th, 2012
Agriculture, Climate

Scientists refute Greenpeace claim that genetically modified corn caused new insect pest

Originally Published by ScienceDaily

– Researchers refute claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm is “a new plant pest” that was “caused by genetically engineered corn.”

Posted on January 9th, 2012
Agriculture

Fishing cats swim for their supper

Originally Published by earthsky

– Boldly going where few cats have gone before: into the water.

Posted on January 6th, 2012
Agriculture

The FDA’s Christmas Present for Factory Farms

Originally Published by Mother Jones

– On Dec. 22, while most observers were thinking more about Christmas plans than food-safety policy, the FDA snuck a holiday gift to the meat industry into the Federal Register.

Posted on January 3rd, 2012
Agriculture, Politics

GrapeLook: Improving Agricultural Water Management using Satellite Earth Observation

Limited water resource availability and efficient water management are major global challenges facing policymakers in many countries of the world, and South Africa is no exception. Advanced satellite technologies offer new opportunities to address these issues. In 2010, the GrapeLook project was initiated, providing information on crop water, growth and nitrogen status during the growth season using satellite data. The first demonstration year provided users with a deeper insight into the temporal and spatial processes in vineyards to improve water productivity.

Klaasse and Jarmain, posted on December 23rd, 2011
Agriculture, Articles, Earth Observation, Water Availability

Stronger corn? Take it off steroids, make it all female

Originally Published by ScienceDaily

– Researchers have taken corn off steroids and found that the results might lead to improvements in that and other crops.

Posted on December 1st, 2011
Agriculture

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Panorama of the East Coast

This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA