The Pittsburgh G20 summit

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37 per cent of all human-induced methane, which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s entire land surface, the report says, mostly on permanent pasture but also including 33 per cent of the global arable land — used to produce feed for livestock, the report ...

The summit.

of the programs (interventions) are on the horizon. Although such evaluations are not intended to be threatening , there is a pervasive fear that any findings that are critical will bear negatively on the ability to attract funds for future activities. But, the potential threat that could be associated with negatively perceived findings raises caution flags relative to participating in evaluati...

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Diarrhea at the summit.

Meeting Reports: The Pittsburgh Conference

The conference programme this year encompassed over 900 scientific and technical papers. As has become the custom, many are pseudotechnical presentations by instrument company staff describing their latest developments. With the developments in microprocessor applications, many of the papers can be broadly classified as automation, and as such, a complete summary of these is not possible. This ...