ecosystem science News
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ESIP 2019 Summer Meeting Attracts Top Science and Technology Leaders to Collaborate on How to Put Earth Science Data to Work
Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), the global Earth science data community and platform for more than 20 years, recently hosted its 2019 Summer Meeting in Tacoma, Washington, which brought together the most innovative thinkers and leaders around Earth science data and provided a platform for geoscientists, environmental scientists, technologists and other earth science data professionals ...
By Siemens AG
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The Monthly Digest - Food Waste - April & May 2018
Food waste as a source of value‐added chemicals and materials: a biorefinery perspective (review) As the availability of fossil‐based resources declines, there is an impending necessity of finding alternative feedstock able to secure the production of fuels and chemicals. Exploitation of biomass as renewable source of chemicals is an attractive possibility, in particular the one ...
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Gulf Breeze, Florida Teacher Receives Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educator
Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Gulf Breeze teacher Charlene Mauro with the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educator. The ceremony at the White house included 17 teachers and 60 students from across the nation for their contributions to environmental education and stewardship. The ...
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Recognizing the Elephant in the Room: Future Climate Impacts across Sectors
A pioneering collaboration within the international scientific community has provided comprehensive projections of climate change effects, ranging from water scarcity to risks to crop yields. This interdisciplinary effort, employing extensive model inter-comparisons, allows research gaps to be identified, whilst producing the most robust possible findings. The results provide crucial insights for ...
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Investors call on Canadian oil sands producers to improve environmental and social performance
As presidential candidates spar over the issue of North American energy independence, a group of 49 investors with $2 trillion in assets under management are calling on Canadian oil sands developers to dramatically reduce the environmental and social impact of their operations by lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, managing water use, promoting land reclamation and consulting fully with ...
By Ceres
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Species affected by climate change: to shift or not to shift?
Relocating species threatened by climate change is a radical and hotly debated strategy for maintaining biodiversity. In a paper published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers from CSIRO, University of Queensland and United States Geological Survey present a pragmatic decision framework for determining when, if ever, to move species in the face of climate change. "As our ...
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University of Washington Professor Tim Essington Awarded 2011 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation
Timothy Essington, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, has been awarded a 2011 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. His project will compare the economic value of fisheries that target small, schooling ocean fish and squid to the ecological and economic tradeoffs of removing these important prey species from the food web. "Our ...
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Conservation and agriculture must work together
Conservationists and agriculturalists must harness new, integrated approaches to achieve biodiversity and agricultural goals, argues Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme. Agricultural development is the only way to meet the food needs of our growing population, says Steiner. But this will require large amounts of agricultural land — up to 17 million square ...
By SciDev.Net
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Congressional briefing: climate change and agriculture
Event Wednesday June 16 on Climate Change and Agriculture: Food and Farming in a Changing Climate Experts to discuss climate change impacts and agricultural adaptation strategies. What: Briefing on agricultural adaptation to climate change, featuring presentations from experts in the fields of agriculture, climate change, and economics. When/Where: Wednesday, June 16 in Washington, DC. From ...
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Soil exhibition inspires
With an estimated 2 million visitors and 4.3 million hits on the interactive website, “Dig It! The Secrets of Soil” demonstrates the ability of inspiration to channel interest into an exciting, but sometimes confusing science. The lessons of “Dig It!” are now available to inspire the next steps in soil education. Inspiration, rather than teaching, guided the design of “Dig It! The Secrets of ...
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Global warming’s ecosystem double whammy
Plants and soils act like sponges for atmospheric carbon dioxide, but new research finds that one abnormally warm year can suppress the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by some grassland ecosystems for up to two years. The findings, which followed an unprecedented four-year study of sealed, 12-ton containerized grassland plots at DRI is the cover story in the September 18 issue of the journal ...
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EU research and innovation in support of protecting marine eco-systems
Research and Innovation hold a key to reconciling sometimes competing goals of sustainable economic growth and environmental preservation in sea-based activities. Within the context of the overall new integrated maritime policy and to take up on this challenge, the European Commission today adopted 'A European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research'. The Strategy's objective is to overcome ...
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