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Why Do Farmers Care About Climate Change? Colony Collapse Disorder
2018-04-30 22:42:45| National Farmers Union
By Janan Lenzy, NFU Intern Bees contribute to the economy and health of the environment. In addition to their notoriety for honey production, bees also provide the versatile substance known as beeswax, and they are imperative to 30 percent of the world’s crop production, pollinating many fruit, vegetable, and flower species, as well as 90 percent […]
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Levi Strauss called out over climate impact
2018-04-26 15:02:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Levi Strauss has been called out by international environmental organisation Stand.earth for what it says is the company's "outsized role" in the impact of climate change and air pollution across the globe.
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Climate Product Validation Expert
2018-04-24 16:23:51| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Use your Remote Sensing expertise to validate and assess the quality of climate records produced in support of the Copernicus Climate Change Service C3S To learn more and apply online, please visit httpsonlineapplication.eumetsat.int reference VN18 32. Bringing together the resources of 30 member states, EUMETSAT observes the atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces from space using a system of satellites 365 days a year. Our data is vital for weather forecasts that help to protect lives and property, as well as monitoring the environment and our changing climate. We operate Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union, providing marine and atmospheric data services to monitor the dynamics of the ocean and marine ecosystems. We are recruiting for a Climate Product Validation Expert to validate and assess the quality of climate records of Level 2 geophysical products produced in support of the Copernicus Climate Change Service C3S through the development of diagnostic methods and tools such as variability, trend estimators and automatic comparisons to model outputs. This is an opportunity to use your expertise to extract geophysical products from data from meteorological or ocean satellites and to use these products in climate research and applications. You will have some experience in managing uncertainties in data, as well as time series analysis. Within this role you will have the opportunity to compile presentations and reports for the C3S progress meetings where observations of the climate are combined with the latest science to develop authoritative quality assured information about the past current and future states of climate in Europe and worldwide. You should be a team player, with the ability to cooperate with your colleagues and our international partners. You should also have strong analytical skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to our user communities and researchers. We offer a competitive salary, benefits and a great working environment. You must be able to work effectively in English and have a working knowledge of French. The closing date is 15th May and we expect to hold interviews in the wc 18th June 2018. EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women and is seeking to recruit nationals from its Member States. Please see our website for further details.
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Prescribed Burns
2018-04-23 21:41:48| National Farmers Union
By Janan Lenzy, NFU Intern Fire is often thought of as a destructive and uncontrollable natural disturbance, causing catastrophic damage to agricultural operations of all types. But did you know that fire can actually be used as a tool to protect and increase productivity on your land? Prescribed burning is an advanced land management technique […]
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What Do Farmers Need To Know About Climate Change? House Farm Bill Proposal
2018-04-16 23:21:59| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy On the Climate Column, we have highlighted a number of climate-smart production and conservation practices for which farmers may receive technical and financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Congress authorizes NRCS to disperse this assistance to farmers through the […]
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