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Bioplastic products maker Trellis Earth Products buying Cereplast assets
2014-06-25 01:11:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Trellis Earth Products, a manufacturer of bioplastic foodservice disposables, has acquired the assets of bankrupt bioplastics supplier Cereplast Inc. for US$2.6 million.
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May was hottest on Earth since records began
2014-06-24 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last month was the hottest May globally since records began in 1880, new figures show. The record heat, combined with increasingly certain predictions of an El Nio, means experts are now speculating whether 2014 could become the hottest year on record. Data published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday showed the average land and ocean surface temperature last month was 0.74C above the 20th century average of 14.8C, making it the highest on record. Previously,...
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May was hottest month ever for Earth
2014-06-24 03:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, experts have said. May's average temperature on Earth of 15.54 degrees Celsius was the warmest since records began in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Last month was especially hot in parts of Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Spain, South Korea and Australia, while the United States was not close to a record, just one degree...
Fracking increases dangerous earth burps
2014-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: A study of derelict Pennsylvania oil and gas wells has spotted what is possibly a huge source of additional greenhouse gas emissions. Methane, which is pound-for-pound a much more potent climate-warming gas than carbon dioxide, could be leaking from hundreds of thousands of abandoned wells. And thats just in the Keystone State. A growing body of evidence says countless old wells across the country -- most poorly monitored -- could be belching up the same dangerous emissions. The study by Mary...
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Earth Observation Application Support Engineer
2014-06-13 11:39:27| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
RHEA is currently recruiting an Earth Observation Application Support Engineer to support the Head of the ESA Climate Office at our clients premises in Harwell. Tasks and Activities Your primary tasks and activities may include Leading the management of activities related to climate datainformation quality assurance in relation to the climate data products, standards, algorithm validation and long term preservation. Defining CCI Data Access needs, both FCDRs and ECVs, in terms of Services Coordinated Interface, CoreInfrastructure, Analysis and Reporting, and Quality Control. Analysing, defining, initiating and managing industrial activities, associated to the Distribution of the Earth Observation data from the GMECV programme and the Climate Scientific User Community. Acquiring, archiving, documenting and making 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. Defining and developing the CCI Data Portal, a dedicated web portal setup to provide a single point of access for all CCI data products. Defining and developing 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. Supporting development of climate services, especially international and intergovernmental public sector markets, including climate data visualisation. Skills and Experience You must possess the following skills and experience University degree or equivalent qualification in physics, engineering or a relevant Earth sciences discipline. At least 4 years of professional experience on product definition, archiving and distribution, algorithm development, quality assessment and exploitation of Earth Observation data, particularly ESA missions. Established profile of dialoguing the with EO research communities in disciplines relevant for climate. Strongly selfmotivated, resultsoriented, possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be able to work effectively within ESA teams and in international cooperation. Good knowledge of one of these two languages is required. Knowledge of another member state language is an asset. Fluent in the English language spoken and written knowledge of other languages is an asset. How to Apply Looking to take your career to the next level? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to RHEAs Recruitment team at careersrheagroup.com no later than 030714. We look forward to hearing from you!
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