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UN officials push for creation of monitoring system for marine environment
Significant gaps exist in the understanding and management of the complex processes and trends at work in the world’s oceans and seas, which cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface, warned senior United Nations officials as they urged governments to approve expert recommendations establishing a system that plugs the holes. At the opening of a week-long governmental session tasked with considering proposals for the creation of a mechanism that monitors oceans and seas worldwide, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro called for “a continuous, comprehensive and integrated review of the problems ... |
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Floods bring more than just mold concerns, beware of bacteria
As parts of the Midwest and East Coast were recently hit with floods, concerns over mold growth and contamination have been on the minds of many flood victims. However, a recent case in Cumberland County, New Jersey recently brought to light that mold is not the only concern after a flood. The Cumberland County Courthouse in Bridgeton, New Jersey was recently flooded after torrential rainfall. Samples taken shortly after the water receded came back positive for E. coli and fecal coliforms. Both of these types of bacteria are commonly associated with human sewage and animal waste and likely came ... |
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- Methane gas likely spewing into the oceans through vents in sea floor
Scientists worry that rising global temperatures accompanied by melting permafrost in arctic regions will initiate the release of underground methane ...
- US EPA to conduct air monitoring in Kansas
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will place air monitors in Treece, Kan., in September to test for lead and other metals. This action is a direct ...
- Economical monitoring of uranium in drinking and mineral water
Determining trace levels of uranium in drinking and mineral water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) requires expensive analytical ...
- Property inspectors expand their services with high resolution thermal imaging cameras
Thermographic cameras, or infrared cameras, use infrared radiation to create images. Since objects emit a certain amount of black body radiation as a ...
- NOAA study shows nitrous oxide now top ozone-depleting emission
Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout ...
- Erionite testing recommended to prevent human exposure
Erionite is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral. Erionite exhibits similar properties to asbestos and according to some reports may be associated with ...
- MHG`s mobile service takes biomass quality monitoring to the real-time era
The Finnish supplier of bioenergy ERP solutions, MHG Systems, has introduced an extension to their popular MHG Bioenergy ERP service. This new extension ...
- AXYS` Oceanographic Data Acquisition buoys chosen for Italian ocean monitoring network
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has been awarded a large contract from Telecom Italia (Milan, Italy) to design, build, deliver and deploy seventeen (17) ...
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