8 days ago by pakysse

Quand la culture devient le porte parole de la diplomatie. A travers son allocution, Eric Wong, le premier responsable de la diplomatie américaine à fait savoir que la place de la culture est très importante pour le pays de l’oncle Sam. Ensemble pour la protection de l’environnement! Eric Wong, Char ...

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12 days ago by Scott K. Johnson

Trends can be difficult to detect in real-world data, and the noisier the data, the tougher the task becomes. A longer time series can help limit the impact of noise, but these can be difficult to come by. Verifying the human alteration of ocean chemistry requires tackling challenges like these. Oce ...

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19 days ago by John Timmer

A number of organizations (NASA, NOAA, and the UK's Met Office) all track the changes in global temperatures. With 2011's data complete, all of them have now run the numbers, and their results are roughly in agreement. Different groups have placed the year as either the 9th or 11th warmest year of a ...

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25 days ago by Scott K. Johnson

In the 1960s, many people learned that “acid” (the drug LSD) made them behave quite strangely. Our emissions of CO 2 are causing marine life to experience the effects of a much different kind of acid, but research is showing that it may also affect the behavior of fish (the vertebrate group, not the ...

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39 days ago by Nicholas

James Delingpole has all the scary details: It had to happen. As if the plight of the polar bear wasn’t punishment enough for our evil, selfish, refusing-to-change-our-lifestyle-because-we’re-addicted-to-oil ways, it now seems that Mother Gaia may have a deadly new weapon up her sleeve: KILLER MUTAN ...

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40 days ago by Michael Wyres

We’ve just received our first power bill since the installation of our solar panels. I think they are working. It’s better than half of the same quarter last year, and not covering a full quarterly period. Looking forward to the next power bill!

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52 days ago by Roxanna Samii

This afternoon we came together for the 2011 staff award ceremony. IFAD staff awards is very special. What makes it different from other awards and recognitions is the fact that its an award for staff by staff. Every year we have the opportunity to nominate and reward our colleagues and peer for the ...

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52 days ago by Gabriel

We live in times of science fact not science fiction. This year we sent our first deep probe to roam the cosmos, Hoping it’ll nick some time coz we’ve squeezed ours into a jar Too small to house a note to puzzle pirate aliens, besides, Who of we will survive to wave above the chaos and the sea?

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54 days ago by Jens Martin Skibsted

jmskibsted: RT @planet_forward: As temperatures rise, traditional wine making regions scramble to adapt http://t.co/2ko8Hi9N #wine #climatechange vi …

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57 days ago by Nicholas

Much has been made — at least in the British press — about Canada announcing it will withdraw from the Kyoto agreement. Lorne Gunter agrees with the government that it was high time to leave: It has been written in several places that should Canada fail to bring its emissions down drastically in the ...

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