A new NASA computer modeling effort has found that additional growth of plants and trees in a world with doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would create a new negative feedback — a cooling effect — in the Earth’s climate system that could work to reduce future global warming.
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An international team of astronomers has discovered and imaged a fourth giant planet outside our solar system, a discovery that further strengthens the remarkable resemblances between a distant planetary system and our own.The research is published Dec. 8 in the advance online version of the journal Nature.The astronomers say the planetary system resembles a supersized version of our solar system….
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The Ministry of Urban Development has set up a working group to develop a model for land and property title certification so that an effective, transparent and modern system can be adopted in all the states, according to Jaipal Reddy, Minister of Urban Development, Government of India (GoI). Reddy was addressing a national seminar on ‘Challenges of Land Titling.’
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The growth rate of China’s geographic information industry exceeded 300 percent during the period of the 11th Five-year Plan and the annual output value of China’s geographic information industry is expected to reach 200 billion yuan at the end of the 12th Five-year Plan period.
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