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  Fight against planned Nicaragua Canal goes to inter-American body

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  A rural movement in Nicaragua that opposes the government's plan to build a cross-country canal to rival Panama's on Wednesday said it has taken its fight to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

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  'Visionary' project to save the Belize coast provides valuable framework

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  A coastal zone management plan designed to safeguard Belize's natural assets has produced a win-win opportunity for people and the environment, providing a valuable framework for other coastal nations around the world where ...

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  Satellite sees Tropical Depression Greg as a ghostly swirl of clouds

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  Tropical Depression Greg appears as a ghostly swirl of low clouds on satellite imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite on July 27.

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  NASA's Terra Satellite catches the end of Tropical Depression Kulap

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  NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Depression Kulap as the storm was winding down in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Strong wind shear was affecting the storm as a result of nearby Typhoon Noru.

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  Health risk alarm over water rationing in Rome

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  Plans to ration water in drought-hit Rome could have serious consequences for public health, Italy's health minister warned Wednesday.

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  NASA sees newly formed Tropical Storm Nesat near Philippines

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  Tropical Storm Nesat formed early on July 26 just east of the Philippines and NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering temperature data to determine the location of the most powerful storms. Imagery showed strong storms ...

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  NASA watching Typhoon Noru head west in Northwestern Pacific

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  NASA's Aqua satellite provided a near-infrared look at Typhoon Noru as it continued its western track at sea, far to the southeast of Japan.

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  NASA eyes compact Hurricane Hilary

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  When the NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean on July 25 it captured a visible close-up of Hurricane Hilary.

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  NASA sees Irwin before it weakened to a Tropical Storm

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  Irwin was still a hurricane when the NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean on July 25. Eighteen hours later, Irwin weakened to a tropical storm.

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  Adjusting fertilizers vital in claypan ag soils

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  All soils are not equal. Rich loams support the world's most productive agricultural regions, including swaths of the American Midwest. But in some parts of the Midwest, including areas in Missouri and Illinois, claypan soils ...