The "Best" Image of the "Blue Marble"

Submitted by Oren Pardes on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:22

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has recently uploaded a stunning series of high-resolution photos to its Flickr account. The series, called ‘Blue Marble,’ features satellite-based composite photographs taken from June to September 2001. According to NASA, the ‘Blue Marble’ images are the ‘most detailed true-color images of the entire Earth to date.’

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Food crisis caused by biofuels?

There are conflicting opinions over a World Bank report which suggests biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%.

The original study in 2008 depicted a direct correlation between the spike in prices of food products and the increased global use of biofuels.

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