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Pope Francis exploiting Earth is our sin
2014-07-08 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Pope Francis has told workers and employers that men should safeguard and look after the Earth, not exploit it, and called for development that respects Gods creation. The Pope told an audience in an Italian university on Saturday that agriculture is a fertile dialogue between men and nature and that in order for the earth to give its goods to humankind, this has to be guarded, not exploited. When I look at America, also my own homeland South America so many forests, all cut, that have...
System Engineer Earth Observation
2014-07-02 18:41:31| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Your Tasks Management and coordination of technical proposals Management and coordination of EOsatellites predevelopment activities and projects Design of satellite mission and system concepts, analysis and specification of the system and its subsystems Your Qualifications A degree in aerospace engineering or comparable qualifications Knowledge in mission analysis, mission and system design, system engineering and Earth observation applications Some years of significant experience in relevant EOprojects for institutional as well as commercial customers Accustomed to work in teams Good conceptual and analytical skills Relevant experience in project management Fluency in spoken and written Business English, German would be an asset
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Is Beyonce the most powerful celebrity on earth?
2014-07-01 01:17:29| Airlines - Topix.net
The financial magazine based its Celebrity 100 list on earnings from the previous 12 months and how often that person is mentioned in print media, TV, radio and 11 social media platforms.
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Self-contained solar PowerCube generates electricity, purifies water, and throws WiFi anywhere on Earth
2014-06-25 19:57:59| Extremetech
A new self-contained solar grid could pack into a single shipping container and provide energy anywhere on Earth -- but can it compete with conventional diesel?
Earth Observation Application Support Engineer
2014-06-25 16:40:57| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
A Spanish leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA seeks a candidate for a postion of EO support engineer. Specific Tasks POST Earth Observation Application Support Engineer in the ESA Climate Office, Science, Applications and Future Technologies Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. DUTIES The postholder will report to the Head of the ESA Climate Office and will be leading the management of activities related to climate dat information quality assurance in relation to the climate data products, standards, algorithm validation and long term preservation. Other responsibilities include The definition of the CCI Data Access needs, both FCDRs and ECVs, in terms of Services Coordinated Interface, CoreInfrastructure, Analysis and Reporting, and Quality Control. The analysis, definition, initiation and management of industrial activities, associated to the Distribution of the Earth Observation data from the GMECV programme and the Climate Scientific User Community. Acquire, archive, document and make available in CMIP5 CCI products. This includes maintaining both the standards and protocols, filenaming conventions, data formats etc already agreed between the CCI teams and the development of CFsatellite conventions. Definition and development of the CCI Data Portal, a dedicated web portal setup to provide a single point of access for all CCI data products. Definition and development of the CCI Tool Box, incorporating generic functions applicable to all ECV data products will be implemented, in order to simplify analysis of multiple ECVs in parallel. Support the development of climate services, especially international and intergovernmental public sector markets, including climate data visualisation. Requirements Applicants should have a university degree or equivalent qualification in physics, engineering or a relevant Earth sciencesdiscipline. This post requires extensive professional experience on product definition, archiving and distribution, algorithm development, quality assessment and exploitation of Earth Observation data, particularly ESA missions. an established profile of dialoguing the with EO research communities in disciplines relevant for climate. Applicants should be strongly selfmotivated, resultsoriented, possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be able to work effectively within ESA teams and in international cooperation. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these two languages is required. Knowledge of another member state language is an asset. Applications Interested candidates should send cv and cover letter to curriculumisdefe.es by 2nd july 2014. The Job code must be included on the subjet.
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