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California Takes An Unprecedented Stand Against Climate Change
2016-09-09 22:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: California is extending its plan to drastically cut carbon emissions for another 10 years under a pair of bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Thursday, marking a major step forward in the fight against climate change. The new legislation will significantly ramp up the state's existing efforts to reduce emissions, including increasing the state's reliance on solar power, offering rebates for electric cars and placing stronger regulations on businesses. SB 32, authored by state Sen. Fran...
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Quality Assurance for Essential Climate Variables Engineer
2016-09-09 18:03:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are looking to further enhance our team by adding a Quality Assurance for Essential Climate Variables Engineer You will be based initially for 1 year at our clients headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. In this large European Agency you will find an excellent and modern working environment with challenging tasks and responsibilities. Your Tasks Include The tasks of the key person will include Generation of data records Analysis of the data record quality employing quality monitoring procedures and other validation techniques and data as appropriate Acquisition of relevant data from internal and external sources to support product quality monitoring Support implementation, processing and validation of the product with other international partners e.g. JMA, NOAANCDC Preparation of QA4ECV data for ingestion into the Data Centre Compilation of relevant data set documentation including validation reports, user guides and format descriptions Compilation of project result presentations and participation in project progress meetings. Your Profile In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the key person shall have strong technical skills with a minimum of 1 year experience in the implementation of software for delayed mode processing of satellite data. The key person is required to have strong experience with the following mandatory skills Programming languages CC andor FORTRAN Working in unixlinux environment Scripting languages, such as Python, Perl, shell Analysis and graphic software such as IDL Data formats such as NetCDF4, GRIB, HDF5, and BUFR. Furthermore, the key person shall have knowledge in the following areas Processing and monitoring of large volume of remote sensing data Validation of satellite products. Knowledge in the following areas would be an advantage Operational product processing environments Data bases such as MySQL and Oracle EUMETSAT Meteosat missions and instruments Retrieval of parameters using visible wave lengths Calibration of satellite observations in the visible spectral range. The key person shall have very good communication and presentation skills. The key person shall be able to conduct all activities in an orderly and structured manner, shall be able to work calmly and correctly and must be able to work with the minimum of supervision. The official languages are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore key persons must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. REFERENCE 16213014 LOCATION Darmstadt, Germany CONTACT recruitmoltek.net CLOSING DATE 18th October 2016 MOLTEK has been serving the space and aerospace industries since 1995, providing international consultancy services for a wide variety of clients from private and public corporations to national and international authorities and agencies.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Releases First Look at Climate Change Documentary 'Before the Flood'
2016-09-08 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Complex: Leonardo DiCaprio has long had a passion for getting peeps educated on the dire reality of climate change. Even way back in 2007 (i.e. the year of things like Plain White T's and Spider-Man 3), dude was getting the message out with expansive documentaries like The 11th Hour. A lot has happened since then, such as DiCaprio finally nabbing an Oscar and, yes, the continued destruction of our planet. To get everyone caught up, DiCaprio is back at it with Before the Flood. Leo dives underwater while...
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Amitav Ghosh: 'climate change is like death, no one wants to talk about it'
2016-09-08 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Speaking at a literary festival in Bhutan, the Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh recently predicted that Himalayan regions, for no fault of their own, will face a catastrophe as climate change takes hold. So chilling was Ghosh that the local paper reported only half in jest that a disturbed audience had to be soothed by a subsequent talk by Buddhist monks. Ghosh, best known for his historical novels, has been travelling the world talking about his new book, The Great Derangement: Climate Change...
Deadly Louisiana deluge had a major climate change assist, study finds
2016-09-08 00:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: The 7.1 trillion gallons of torrential rainfall that a storm dumped on Louisiana in August, leading to a flooding disaster that killed at least 13 people and caused more than $1 billion in damage, had a direct link to human-caused global warming, a new study finds. In short, while these events are still rare on the order of about once every 1,000 years at the local level they used to be far more infrequent, the study, released Wednesday, concludes. Scientists studying the storm using readings...
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