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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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Through the university’s Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing , the colleges had developed international collaborations in advancing analysis of remote sensing data and developing open-source software for applications and education. In 2001 she realized her goal of working on a satellite mission.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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At a conference in Moscow on October 14, President Putin said that Russia had reached if not passed the peak of its economic crisis and predicted economic growth in coming years. in Russian and Soviet history, Soviet economics, and International economics, and MBA in finance and marketing. percent year-over-year, up from 2.3

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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From 1979 to 1982 he was a senior researcher at NTT Basic Research Labs and was promoted in 1982 to senior staff engineer of the company’s personnel and international affairs. He left Tokyo in 2013 to become president of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago and served in that position until 2019. Mills Award.

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Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years

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“ First, this report serves as an interim evaluation of the evolving science midway through an IPCC cycle: IPCC’s AR5 (Fifth Assessment Report) is not due for completion until 2013. Each year of the present decade—2001 through 2008—has been among the top ten warmest years since instrumental records began.

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Tesla says Model S comes out on top in US-NCAP crash testing with lowest Vehicle Safety Score

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Side crash rating results were added with 1997 model year vehicles and rollover assessments with 2001 models. In April 2013, NHTSA requested pubic comments on further proposed changes to US-NCAP, including crash avoidance technologies as well as crashworthiness.). Source: Tesla Motors. Click to enlarge. Electric (Battery) Safety'

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