Monday, January 30th, 2012
Over three miles above the Peruvian rainforest, a team of scientists crammed themselves into a small research aircraft along with a laser-emitting device known as a Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging). The Lidar was used to bounce laser beams off the lush green canopy below at a rate of 400,000 times per second, allowing the
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been building up in the Arctic Ocean over the last 15 years. A change in wind direction could cause the water to spill into the north Atlantic, cooling Europe.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Lake monitoring is currently mainly based on on-site sampling and laboratory analysis of samples. In lake-rich regions, however, only a small proportion of lakes can be monitored using conventional methods. Kari Kallio, Senior Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), has investigated how the remote sensing of lakes from satellites or aircraft can improve the
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new tool that provides the public with important information about pollutants that are released into local waterways. Developed under President Obama’s transparency initiative, the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool brings together millions of records and allows for easy searching and mapping of
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Isaac Held, Ph.D., a senior research scientist with the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J., will receive the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his contributions to improved understanding of climate change and atmospheric circulation systems. He will accept the award at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain, in June.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
A pioneering airborne electromagnetic survey in the Yukon Flats near Fort Yukon, Alaska, by the U.S. Geological Survey has yielded unprecedented images of the presence and absence of permafrost to depths of roughly 328 feet. The airborne survey captured images of permafrost over a substantially larger area, and with greater data density, than has been
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and former Secretary of the World Health Organisation has been given the US NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented at the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)’s annual National Congress in Washington, DC. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) attached to the Department of Space, government of India, is planning to set up a network of LIDAR (Laser Radar System) with the help of indigenously developed sensor tools in ten locations across the country in the first phase to study the aerosol distribution over India. This was disclosed by
Friday, January 20th, 2012
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis that shows temperatures around the globe in 2011 compared to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century. The comparison shows how Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Edited by Laura Anne German, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia,Jeremias Mowo, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya, Tilahun Amede, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya and Kenneth Masuki, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya. “This book describes a compelling success story of an ambitious programme with an inspiring narrative.” Simon Carter, Director, Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, International Development Research
