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Call for Papers – “Physics and Chemistry of the Earth” Special issue “Disaster Risk Reduction”
Studies describing innovative methods of monitoring, modeling and simulation of natural disasters (and related methods of calibration and validation, as well as of sensitivity analyses) are solicited for a forthcoming special issue of “Physics and Chemistry of the Earth”. High-quality papers, strictly related to the topic of the special issue and containing unpublished case studies and/or methods must be directly submitted via the Journal website by 30 November 2010.
Christoph Aubrecht and Giulio Iovine, posted on
August 19th, 2010
Announcements, Disasters, Earth Observation
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Call for Papers – Ecosystems
Earthzine.org is soliciting articles worldwide for its theme issue on improving our understanding of terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems for the management and protection of these valuable resources. Articles will be published in the 4th quarter, September 23-December 20, 2010, Guest Editor is Liane S. Guild, PhD.
Dr. Liane S. Guild, posted on
August 9th, 2010
Announcements, Earth Observation, Ecosystems
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Earthzine’s Second Annual College and University Student Essay and Blogging Contest Theme “Making Citizen Observations a Global Vision”
Earthzine announces its second global essay and blogging competition for college and university students. The contest will award $1200 in prizes with $500 for first place. More details are linked here.
Maeve Hickok, posted on
July 28th, 2010
Announcements, Articles, Earth Observation, Education, Essay Contest 2010
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IEEE Calls For Participation To Develop Standards For Quantifying GHG Emissions From Small Hydro And Wind Power Projects, And Grid Baseline Conditions
The IEEE Standards Association announces a call for participation for the IEEE P1595(TM) Working Group to help develop new standards for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission credits from small hydro and wind power projects and for grid baseline conditions.
Tom Baumann, posted on
July 23rd, 2010
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Third Symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World
The third symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World will convene in autumn 2012 in Monterey, California. The symposium will explore the impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles as well as cover socio-economic consequences of ocean acidification, including policy and management implications.
Jay Pearlman, posted on
July 19th, 2010
Announcements, Climate, Oceans
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Announcement – “Making Citizen Observations a Global Vision” Annual College and University Student Essay and Blogging Contest
This preliminary announcement introduces Earthzine’s second global essay and blogging competition for college and university students. More detail is linked here and will become available in the next few months.
Maeve Hickok, posted on
June 2nd, 2010
Announcements, Articles, Earth Observation, Essay Contest 2010
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Announcement – Call for Papers: Global Human Health
www.Earthzine.org is soliciting articles worldwide for its theme issue on observing and monitoring Global Human Health, including contributions addressing current issues, techniques and applications of remote sensing, GIS, and geovisualization. The theme issue is scheduled for the third quarter of 2010, June 21 – September 21. Guest Editor is Assaf Anyamba, PhD.
Maeve Hickok, posted on
April 26th, 2010
Announcements, Articles, Earth Observation, Health
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Announcement – Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. announces a Call for Participation (CFP) in Phase 3 of the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP)
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) announces a Call for Participation (CFP) in Phase 3 of the GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) issued by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). The CFP documents are available at: http://earthobservations.org/geoss_call_aip.shtml.
Lance McKee, posted on
February 11th, 2010
Announcements, Articles, Earth Observation, GEOSS/ICEO News
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Education Around Earth – NASA Contest for Teachers Makes “Top Stars” of Stellar Lessons on Hubble
Find out how teachers who are stars in their classrooms can become “Top Stars” at a NASA-sponsored contest that invites U.S. formal (K-12 and college) and informal educators to submit their best examples of using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in science, technology, engineering or mathematics education.
Dan Stillman, posted on
January 6th, 2010
Announcements, Articles, Education, Technology
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Announcement – Integrative geospatial science for disaster risk management @ EGU 2010
The annual General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union – one of the most prestigious events in the field of geoscience – will take place in Vienna, Austria from 02-07 May 2010. The Assembly will draw a crowd of scientists from all over the world, covering all disciplines of Earth, planetary and space science. Earthzine will support a special session within the Natural Hazards Program Group dedicated to the concept of disaster management, one of the GEOSS societal benefit areas.
Christoph Aubrecht, posted on
November 2nd, 2009
Announcements, Disasters, Earth Observation
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Orbital Sunrise
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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