http://www.agrometeorology.org What's new. Here you will find hot items of interest that have recently come up daily 1 2008-09-08T14:58:53Z http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/forests-in-southeast-asia-deforestation-effects-using-new-model Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) on September 28, 2011, released the results of research on the carbon balance of tropical forests in Southeast Asia. No publisher admin 2012-01-10T12:29:10Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/cotton-project-aiming-to-support-recovery-of-earthquake-stricken-tohoku-area On July 14, 2011, the "Tohoku Cotton Project" was launched by agricultural production cooperatives and agricultural companies affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, along with apparel companies, aiming at agriculture revitalization, job creation and development of new industries. No publisher admin 2011-12-21T10:47:38Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/is-sustainability-science-really-a-science Los Alamos and Indiana University researchers say yes. No publisher admin 2011-12-19T12:33:36Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/biodiversity-of-domestic-agricultural-ecosystems The National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES) announced August 19, 2011, the launch of its Rural Landscape Information System on website (RuLIS WEB), which efficiently organizes information on biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems across Japan, accessible to everyone, in order to widely promote sustainable agriculture. No publisher admin 2011-11-30T08:13:46Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/vegetables-being-grown-without-soil-using-new-dry-fog-aeroponics-system Kobe University, Kobe City, Kobe Wine Co., and H. Ikeuchi & Co., announced on July 7, 2011, their joint project on the research and development of an eco-friendly, low-cost horticulture system using extremely fine, non-wetting mist. No publisher admin 2011-11-23T09:31:23Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/mongolia-bids-to-keep-city-cool-with-ice-shield-experiment Mongolia is to launch one of the world's biggest ice-making experiments later this month in an attempt to combat the adverse affects of global warming and the urban heat island effect. No publisher admin 2011-11-21T09:46:23Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/fujitsus-hyperspectral-imaging-analysis-contributes-to-biodiversity-conservation Fujitsu Ltd., a major producer of communication and information processing systems, and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced on July 15th, 2011, that they have improved an existing analytical method for aerial hyperspectral images, allowing the successful differentiation of tree species of similar coloring, such as Japanese cypress and cedar trees. No publisher admin 2011-11-09T09:52:16Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/japanese-university-to-grow-green-curtain-with-japanese-yam Amid the growing need for power conservation, in June 2011, the University Farm, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, began experiments to grow green curtains with Dioscorea alata or Daisho, a type of Japanese yam. No publisher admin 2011-10-12T11:10:30Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/idle-fields-changed-to-gree-curtains-with-fruits-and-flowers The Sekimugi Passion-Fruit Association in Mugi Area, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, in central Japan, has been using idle farms to cultivate passion fruit, which make eco-friendly green curtains with flowers and fruits. No publisher admin 2011-09-29T07:46:44Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/minami-alps-city-sells-carbon-offset-tomatoes-in-greater-tokyo-area Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture, started test marketing "carbon offset tomatoes" on February 25, 2011, as a project adopted by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment under its Model Project Plan for Carbon Offsets. No publisher admin 2011-07-21T07:23:21Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/university-of-tokyo-develops-new-bacteria-detection-systems-for-plant-disease A research team headed by Professor Shigeto Namba at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, announced on February 9, 2011, that it had developed a suite of fast and simple pathogenic microorganism detection systems. Their research results were published online on January 27 in "PLoS ONE," a US science journal. No publisher admin 2011-06-20T14:11:38Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/insam-site-is-ipv6-ready INSAM site joined to the IPv6 day!! No publisher admin 2011-06-07T13:52:56Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/jr-east-opens-tokyos-largest-rooftop-rental-farm As part of its environmental activities, JR East Group has promoted rooftop gardens on its shopping malls, office buildings and station buildings to mitigate the urban heat island effect and to save energy consumption on air-conditioning. The group has been in the rental farm business since 2009 and has opened "Soradofarms" on the JR Ebisu Building and near JR Toda Station. No publisher admin 2011-04-27T07:08:49Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/fao-mosaicc-for-modelling-system-for-agricultural-impacts-of-climate-change FAO-MOSAICC (for MOdelling System for Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change) is a system of models designed to carry out each step of the impact assessment from climate scenarios downscaling to economic impact analysis at national level. No publisher admin 2011-02-22T10:31:37Z News Item http://www.agrometeorology.org/news/whats-new/collection-of-wood-from-forest-thinning "The Executive Committee for Woody Posting Station" in Chizu-cho, Tottori Prefecture, conducted a pilot project to collect forest-thinning materials from villagers for a month, from October 16 through November 14, 2010. It was aimed at promoting the use of forest-thinning materials and local revitalization through wood collection and sale to wood-chip producers, along with the circulation of a local currency called "Sugi-Koban" (an oval coin made of Japanese cedar). No publisher admin 2011-02-15T12:43:40Z News Item