Agriculture
Building a Consolidated Community Global Cropland Map
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?
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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.
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January 17th, 2012
Agriculture, Climate, Health
Monkeys’ many faces
Originally Published by BBC News
– The hidden evolutionary secrets of primates’ faces.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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December 1st, 2011
Agriculture





