Vacancies: MSRC at UCA, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – by 10 August 2011newsThe Mountain Societies Research Centre (MSRC) is seeking a Director and Senior Research Scientist. The MSRC was recently established at the University of Central Asia (UCA) to generate, disseminate and promote the application of knowledge for the development of the countries in Central Asia. Their societies focus on mountain areas...
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Sun’s rays power Kyrgyz hospitalsnewsFrom next month, five hospitals in remote mountainous provinces of Kyrgyzstan will start using solar panels to transform the sun’s rays into clean energy and hot water. The pilot project is sponsored by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and is implemented by the...
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Map reveals UK Land Cover and habitat distributionsnewsA new Land Cover Map in the UK has been launched. It provides a continuous coverage of habitat distributions across the countryside at a 25 m resolution. The map is the third produced by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Land and is based on a combination of satellite images...
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Call for Proposals: Review of and strategy development for communications and social learning in climate changenewsThe Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), together with the Earth Science Partnership, has launched a call for proposals for a review of and strategy development for climate change communications and social learning in climate change. The objective of this...
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Study on 800-year-old tree rings backs global warming in the North American CordilleranewsA study on tree rings in western North America gives evidence of global warming. The study has been carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Washington and published on Science. Scientists sampled thousands trees at 66 sites (including 800-year-old exemplars) in key runoff-generating areas of the...
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Climate Change Programs and Policy Director at NCSE in Oakland, California, USA – send CVs by 15 August 2011newsThe National Center for Science Education (NCSE) in Oakland, California, USA, seeks a Climate Change Programs and Policy Director. Candidates must have at least a college degree, while advanced degrees, particularly in climate science or climate science education are pluses. Excellent communication skills, computer literacy (including the use of social...
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