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Whiplash warning when climate science is publicized before peer review and publication
2015-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Who wins when a scary, but edge-pushing new climate study led by one of the worlds most prominent climate scientists makes headlines before it is either peer reviewed or published? Everybody, and nobody. Let me explain what I mean. Projecting a Coastal Catastrophe The study is Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2°C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous. The 66-page discussion paper (the authors description)...
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Color Camera supports industrial and life science microscopy.
2015-07-24 14:31:04| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Equipped with 5 MP CCD sensor, Leica DMC4500 provides SXGA resolution of 1,280 x 960 pixels, suitable for advanced analysis and documentation. USB 3.0 interface allows connection with desktop and laptop computers, while live image speed up to 18 fps enables users to quickly position and focus sample directly on computer screen. In addition to pathology and pharmaceutical testing, camera is suited for quality control and failure analysis.
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Director of Science
2015-07-23 17:04:35| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Directorate of Science The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women POST Director of Science. GRADE Offscale. LOCATION ESAC, Villanueva de la Caada Spain. Regular presence at ESA Headquarters, Paris, is required. DUTIES The European Space Agency ESA is Europes gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europes space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Under the direct authority of the Director General, the Director of Science is responsible for contributing to ESAwide management, supporting the ESA Director General in discharging his responsibility and tasks and participating in the pursuit of ESAs overall objectives. The Director contributes, in the area of Space Science and Exploration, to forming the Team of Teams at senior management level. In the framework of the ESA matrix organisation comprising programme directorates and support directorates, the Director of Science, under delegation from the Director General, is responsible for the definition, planning and execution of the Agencys Science Programme, for setting the cooperative links with the related programmes of ESA Member States and international partners and for the definition of the scientific elements of exploration projects as well as of the PRODEX Programme. Heshe will provide, as required, scientific advice and support to programmes managed by other directorates of the Agency. QUALIFICATIONS Applicants for this post should be toplevel scientists of high international repute with indepth knowledge and experience in functions similar to those described above. Experience in flight hardware and management of largescale international scientific projects is an important asset. Key qualities required for the post are an innovative spirit and a strategicallyoriented mind, a proven capacity to lead change and manage people and teams, excellent relationship management and negotiation skills and the ability to influence highlevel decisions. For the full set of competencies expected from ESA leaders, please refer to Leadership Competencies. Applicants must be eligible for security clearance by their national security administrations. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required together with a working knowledge of the other or German. Good complementary knowledge of Russian would be an asset. CLOSING DATE Applications for this post should reach the Head of the Human Resources Department, ESA, 810 rue MarioNikis, 75738 Paris Cedex 15 France, no later than 16 September 2015. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Climate Change Is Not Science Fiction
2015-07-22 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Perhaps the Terminator can accomplish what world leaders have failed to do for more than 20 years: forge a comprehensive treaty to tackle climate change. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former California Governor and star of Hollywoods Terminator franchise, addressed a gathering of world spiritual and philosophical leaders in Paris on Tuesday organized by the French government. Ive starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction,...
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Heed climate change science echoed in call faith: Bill Richardon
2015-07-18 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: A few weeks have gone by now that Pope Francis's encyclical on ecology and climate change was published. The importance lingers. As a Catholic, I admit that I was moved and excited to see that this important message focused exclusively for the first time on the moral urgency of our environmental problems. As a papal document that defines the Church's stance on a subject, the encyclical could have a transformative effect on the climate change conversation. The encyclical and campaign Pope Francis...
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