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Botanists Release More Comprehensive Data Set of New World Plants
2013-10-19 18:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Botanists have compiled the most complete data set of rare plants in North and South America, revealing where unique species are found and what factors play into whether a plant species is common or rare in a region. In the image features Salkantay mountain in Peru. With a stable climate and many small and varied habitats, the Andes mountains are one of the places with the most rare plant species in the Americas. (Photo : Benjamin Blonder) Botanists have compiled the most complete data set...
Bangladesh get World T20 extension
2013-10-19 16:39:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Bangladesh are given until 30 November to complete work on stadiums for next year's ICC World Twenty20.
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Chinese grain imports to strain world food supply
2013-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's growing demand for grain imports will place new strains on a world food supply already stretched thin by plateauing farming yields, over-used aquifers and climate change, according to a leading expert on food security and water. Lester Brown, founder and president of the Earth Institute and author of several books on food security, said during a teleconference this week that changing Chinese appetites and losses of farmland to industrialisation mean China will need to look abroad for an...
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The longest flight in the world
2013-10-19 12:10:11| Airlines - Topix.net
Amazing advances in technology now let nonstop flights fly farther and cheaper for airlines than ever before.
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Joe Sylvester with His Bad Habit Monster Truck Break World Record Jump
2013-10-19 02:26:35| K&N Racing News
Having broken the world record jump back in 2010, it was only expected that Joe Sylvester would take back his crown with an even longer jump in 2013. At the Cornfield 500 Joe Sylvester with his Bad Habit monster truck re-broke the record with an amazing 214-ft 6-in jump.
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