- A Third of the World Could Become a Desert
- ... impact categories to measure the effect of human activities such as cultivation or grazing on the soil,” Institute of Agro Food Research and Technology (IRTA) researcher Montserrat Nunez tells SINC, PhysOrg reports. Nunez is also the…
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- 40 percent of global land in danger of desertification
- ... humid regions, such as Spain, this degradation is known as desertification, and the effects can be irreversible, because they lead to areas becoming totally unproductive," says Montserrat Núñez, who led the study at the Institute of…
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- 38% of world’s land surface at risk of desertification
- By simultaneously using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and a Geographic Information System (GIS), the researchers have shown that eight of these 15 areas can be classified as at risk of desertification, representing 38 percent of the land…
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- 38 percent of world’s land surface at risk of desertification
- Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): A new research has shown that 38 percent of the land surface of the world is at risk of desertification. Scientists at the Institute of Agro Food Research and Technology (IRTA) in the US carried out the research.…
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- UK leads plunging European tourist arrivals
- European business to the Caribbean took a nosedive in 2009, as the region experienced double-digit declines from the United Kingdom (UK), say reports from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). The revelation comes 100 days after the…
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- 38 percent of world's surface in danger of desertification
- This is the Guadalquivir River as it passes through Seville, one of the areas most at risk of desertification in Spain. Credit: Nesta Vázquez A team of Spanish researchers has measured the degradation of the planet's soil using the Life…
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- UN &OAS Hold Workshop on Terrorism and its Financing
- ... judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials as well as expert representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and…
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- 'Forza Motorsport 3' (X360) Sells More Than 2 Million, Gets…
- Forza Motorsport 3 unites the racing game genre, making it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of the world s most exotic and exquisite cars. Live the most realistic racing experience ever as you take the wheel of more than 400…
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WorthPlaying.com- Rex Nettleford, a visionary leader for the UWI Open Campus
- Professor Howard Fergus, the former Head of the School of Continuing Studies in Montserrat, states that “within the UWI Extra-Mural Department, Rex Nettleford allowed me uncommon extra-mural latitude. He had the vision to recognise that…
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Dominica News Online- Bronze rhino making the rounds in Essex
- Certified financial planner Thomas Costantini of Montserrat Advisory Services will give a talk on planning for retirement at 1 this afternoon. Participants will develop their own basic retirement plan during this workshop. Space is limited.
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