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Posted by Sidney Draggan on September 23rd, 2008
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The North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) at Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, Morocco, has issued a Call for Papers for an up-coming conference (”Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Context of Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Food Insecurity“).
Posted by Sidney Draggan on September 12th, 2008
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The National Academies’ Division of Earth and Life Studies has compiled a free booklet “Drinking Water: Understanding the Science and Policy Behind a Critical Resource,” designed to give the public a comprehensive introduction to drinking water issues. It details the range of activities (from research to achievement of policy outcomes) necessary to protect the safety and reliability of the Nation’s potable water.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on September 11th, 2008
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The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is hosting a video contest, “Voices and Visions from the Next Generation of Conservationists”, as part of NCSE’s Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World Conference.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on September 10th, 2008
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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) announces the 2009 Thacher Scholars Award to be given to secondary school students (grades 9-12) demonstrating the best use of geospatial technologies or data to study Earth.
The Institute says that,
Posted by Sidney Draggan on September 9th, 2008
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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) announces “. . . an art contest for grades 2-4 [that] challenges students to explore trees and their importance to the world.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on September 7th, 2008
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Everyday you use or come in contact with a number of chemical substances. You may not have much information about these products, or their ingredients, manufacturers, and health effects. The National Institutes of Health maintains the Household Products Database with a wealth of information about these chemicals around you.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on August 22nd, 2008
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The National Research Council s Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making have released—in prepublication, draft form—a report that looks at the conditions under which such participation can get ultimately to the desired outcomes expected from the impact assessment process. The report notes that
Posted by Sidney Draggan on August 18th, 2008
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Here is a welcome tool that is an easily-accessible indicator of your local air quality. How does your air quality compare with that in Beijing?
Visit this post often as the map updates automatically with the latest air quality forecast information.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on August 18th, 2008
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According to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, the combined average global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2008 tied with 2001 and 2003 as the fifth warmest July since worldwide records began in 1880.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on August 7th, 2008
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The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council reports that “. . . [a]phids are emerging as sentinels of climate change . . . One of the UK’s most damaging aphids–the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae)–has been found to be flying two weeks earlier for every 1°C rise in mean temperature for January and February combined.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on July 24th, 2008
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Yesterday, J. Clarence Davies introduced a new report that while recognizing how nanotechnology is likely to affect most things in our lives—from medicine to agriculture to industrial processes—notes that the next Federal administration must address current shortcomings in nanotechnology oversight.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on July 16th, 2008
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The National Research Council has released what it calls an Expert Consensus Report from its Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management. The report notes that “. . . [m]odifications to forests’ structure and composition
Posted by Sidney Draggan on July 11th, 2008
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has reported on a once-abandoned technique that may allow a sophisticated, yet affordable, method to turn ordinary glass into a high-tech solar concentrator.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on July 7th, 2008
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With support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Scotland Online the Frontlines of Climate Change Forum discloses community-based experiences with climate change impacts, opportunities and adaptation strategies.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on July 2nd, 2008
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced the release of a report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research assessing observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on June 29th, 2008
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a peer-reviewed report (”Preliminary Review of Adaption Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources“) that finds climate change can increase the impact on ecosystems of such traditional stressors as pollution or habitat destruction.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on June 24th, 2008
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In its next Special Issue, the International Journal of Environment and Pollution has Biomonitoring as its focus. A wide spectrum of techniques, biological monitoring or biomonitoring involves the direct measurement of levels of chemical substances in blood, urine, breast-milk or saliva; and such other tissues as bone, teeth, skin, hair and nails.
Posted by Sidney Draggan on June 13th, 2008
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The June 13, 2008, issue of Science “. . . examines the future of the world’s forests against a backdrop of climate change and intensifying human activity.