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How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

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By John Vidal in Juba, Sudan, The Observer, Sunday 7 March 2010

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A woman tends vegetables at a giant Saudi-financed farm in Ethiopia.

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal

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    • Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants

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    By Alexis Madrigal, Wired, March 9, 2010, 1:36 pm

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    Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy.

    We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

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    Source: New York Times

    Credits: Al Gore

    Dated: 2010-02-27

     

    Al Gore, the vice president from 1993 to 2001, is the founder of the Alliance for Climate Protection and the author of “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.” As a businessman, he is an investor in alternative energy companies.

     

    It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it.

    Methane levels may see 'runaway' rise, scientists warn

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    A rapid acceleration may have begun in levels of a gas far more harmful than CO2

    Source: The Independent
    Credits: Michael McCarthy (Environment Editor)
    Dated: 2010-02-22

    God Said Multiply, and Did She Ever

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    Source: A version of this article appeared in print on February 21, 2010, on page MB7 of the New York edition. 
    Contributors: Joseph Berger
    Dated: 2010-02-18

    Exponential Curve

     

    The Most Important Video You'll Ever See

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    The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)

    The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 2 of 8)

    2010 Food Crisis for Dummies

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    Source: http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/12/2010-food-crisis-for-dummies.html
    Credits: Eric deCarbonnel
    Dated: 2009-12-27

    Can This Sea Snail Help Humans Photosynthesize?

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