environmental data News
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Kopernikus to take environmental monitoring one step further
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative has been re-launched under a new name: Kopernikus. To mark the start of its pre-operational phase, a major Conference on this initiative is taking place under the French Presidency of the EU at Lille. Kopernikus will contribute to the better collection and dissemination of environmental data, core tasks of the European ...
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UAE vows to make UN climate deal work
The UAE has vowed to make the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by more than 170 countries at the United Nations, work. The Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, signed the pact on behalf of the UAE on Friday and later said the Paris Agreement, which was reached last December, sent a “united message". He said: “The UAE is proud to be here today to send a ...
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UK’s largest marine robot fleet defies storms to complete successful mission
A fleet of ten marine robots has successfully completed an ambitious two-week mission off northwest Scotland, despite being hit by a succession of Atlantic storms with winds gusting up to 60 mph and waves up to 7 m high. The mission comprised the largest simultaneous deployment of marine robots yet attempted in UK waters, with seven submarine gliders and three surface Wave Gliders operating in ...
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SMHI and SYKE in Finland enter a unique collaboration on marine environmental monitoring
SMHI and SYKE, the Finnish Environment Institute, have begun a close collaboration to monitor the marine environment of the Baltic and the North Sea. “It is unique for two countries to sign an agreement in this way, but we are leading a trend that the EU and the global organization ICES would like to see going forward. As a combined force we can improve the monitoring of the acute problems ...
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Sustainable development after Rio+20 is `in limbo`
The weak wording of the Rio+20 summit agreement and delays in setting up the UN working groups on sustainable development have left progress on some of the post Rio+20 agenda in limbo, according to a science officer at the International Council for Science (ICSU), which represented the scientific community at the summit. The scientific community is unsure how to proceed towards setting up the ...
By SciDev.Net
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Climate change increases eutrophication in the Baltic Sea
Model projections of the Baltic Sea show that changes will occur in the marine environment in a future climate. Nutrient load reductions to the Baltic Sea are of even higher importance in a warmer climate. A modeling tool has been developed to support decision making. New climate-change scenarios for the Baltic Sea show that the water temperature will increase and the salinity will decrease. ...
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Now Available: BOEM Studies Development Plan for the Fiscal Year 2017-2019 Planning Period
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) Environmental Studies Program (ESP) is pleased to announce the release of its annual Studies Development Plan (SDP), updated to cover the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2017-2019 planning period. SDP profiles are potential new study efforts the bureau is considering, not a definitive list of studies that will be funded. Below, we describe the key steps leading ...
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IBM to Help Oil and Gas Companies Monitor and Reduce Environmental Impact
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been selected for a global research project to develop the world's first integrated environmental monitoring system aimed at helping oil and gas companies minimize the environmental impact of their operations. IBM researchers, developers and a team from IBM's Centre of Excellence for Oil and Gas in Stavanger, Norway, are collaborating with experts from Statoil, Kongsberg ...
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EPA Monitoring Shows South China Sea Not Polluted
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of the Executive Yuan said the first successful marine water quality monitoring it conducted in the Spratly Islands in September 2010 showed that water quality at all monitoring points around Taiping Island and Central Reef are qualified with Taiwan’s A type standards of marine environmental quality, making it an unpolluted sea area. It is ...
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International Desalination Association Issues Blue Paper On Desalination And The Environment Of The Gulf
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has released a “Blue Paper” with findings from its Environmental Symposium and recommendations to minimize potential environmental effects from desalination on the Gulf. The Blue Paper is the result of 12 months of work done by IDA’s global Environmental Task Force (ETF). It also reflects dialogue among approximately 200 ...
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Nitrite pollution puts warming waters at risk
US scientists have identified a new hazard linked to global warming: a change in ocean water chemistry causing nitrite pollution that could trigger toxic algal blooms and even dead zones in coastal waters. Nitrite is a byproduct of fertiliser decay, and is becoming increasingly common as a potential pollutant as ocean temperatures rise. Humans use sodium nitrite to preserve meat products such as ...
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Portugal lays out EU presidency green priorities
Climate change, water scarcity and biodiversity will be the main environment policy priorities of the Portuguese presidency when it assumes control of the agenda of the EU council of ministers next month, according to Portugal's environment ministry. A formal announcement will be made by environment minister Francisco Nunes Correia on 28 June. Portugal's main responsibility will be to represent ...
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25 years ago - Europe`s first Earth observation satellite was launched
As the launcher carrying the ERS-1 Earth observation satellite of the European Space Agency thunders into the night sky in the early hours (03:46 CEST) over the spaceport near Kourou (French Guiana), none of those present could know then that they were watching the launch of what would become the prototype of all modern European Earth observation satellites. The ERS-1 mission marked not only ...
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