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Bringing climate solutions down to Earth - controling other non-CO2 causes of global warming
2014-06-13 03:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DailyKos: "If we destroy Creation, in the end it will destroy us." - Pope Francis Clean stoves greatly reduce carbon emissions and indoor air pollution in developing nations. Here is an inspiring and educational article from three proponents of the "appropriate technology" part of the environmental and pro-science, anti-climate change movements. Prepare yourselves for five lines of authors, their titles, and then the orange title of their article at the end of this next long paragraph, it will be worth...
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How Earth avoided global warming, last time around
2014-06-12 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Geochemists have calculated a huge rise in atmospheric CO2 was only avoided by the formation of a vast mountain range in the middle of the ancient supercontinent, Pangea. This work is being presented to the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Sacramento, California. Around 300 million years ago, plate tectonics caused the continents to aggregate into a giant supercontinent, known as "Pangea." The sheer size of the continent meant that much of the land surface was far from the sea, and so the...
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Earth Observation Application Support Engineer
2014-06-12 10:36:36| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
For one of our main customers, ESAHarwell, located in Oxfordshire in the UK, we are currently looking for an Earth Observation Application Support Engineer for the ESA Climate Office, Science, Applications and Future Technologies Department in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programme. Tasks and Responsibilities You will report to the Head of the ESA Climate Office and will be 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. 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 convention 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. Experience and Education Applicants should have a university degree or equivalent qualification in physics, engineering or a relevant Earth sciences discipline. You should also have the following extensive professional experience on product definition, calibration, validation, algorithm development, quality assessment and exploitation of Earth Observation data, particularly ESA missions an established profile of dialoguing with EO research communities in disciplines relevant for climate you 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. A minimum of 5 years working experience in the space industry. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Aerospace, High Tech and Offshore industry. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, full time positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. Interested? Submit your CV and personal details through our website or send your application directly to recruitmentatgeurope.com. We encourage you to submit your CV in the Europass format. Click here to create a Europass CV. Security Check The selected candidate shall be subject to a general security screening within the boundary of the legal constraints in force. The security screening applies to the following actions The candidates degrees and certificates shall be verified for authenticity with the issuing school, college or university The candidate will be requested to sign a statement of good conduct declaring that heshe has no criminal record.
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Earth Observation Application Support Engineer
2014-06-12 08:40:49| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
WHO ARE WE? GMV www.gmv.com is a privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence employing more than 1.100 staff. Founded in 1984, GMV mainly operates in eight large sectors for both public and private organizations Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. GMV currently runs eight work centers in Spain Tres Cantos Madrid headquarters, Boecillo Valladolid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Tenerife, Len, Zaragoza and also work centers in Lisbon Portugal, Rockville Maryland, USA, Darmstadt Germany, Warsaw Poland, Bucharest Romania, Malaysia, Toulouse France and New Delhi India. We recruit and hire excellent engineers, and encourage innovation, technical excellence and continuing education. Our engineers regularly present papers at technical conferences, continue their education more than 85 have a masters degree, and we reinvest more than 12 of budget in IRD projects. This striving for excellence, innovation and flexibility is a major part of our culture. We provide very competitive compensation, attractive benefits, and a great work environment with lots of opportunities for professional growth. JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities Duties 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 datainformation 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. Qualifications Applicants should have a university degree or equivalent qualification in physics, engineering or a relevant Earth sciences discipline. Required knowledge Experience in product definition, validation, algorithm development, quality assessment and exploitation of Earth Observation data, particularly ESA missions The Candidate shall have a university degree or equivalent qualification in Physics or Engineering or relevant Earth Science discipline Fluent in the English language spoken and written knowledge of other languages is an asset. Established profile of dialoguing the with EO research communities in disciplines relevant for climate. WHAT DO WE OFFER? As soon as they join the organization our professionals are given the chance to tackle technological challenges in an innovative environment, to work in multidisciplinary teams and deal directly with clients. This helps them to mature quickly as professionals. We provide continual topup training to keep our career professionals perfectly abreast of all technologies used. We offer a permanent contract and attractive package including a highly competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package. If you would like to work in an interesting, fun, fastpaced, challenging, diverse and global company which is growing rapidly, please send us your resume to jobsgmv.com For more information about GMV, please visit our website at www.gmv.com
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Earth 60 Million Years Older than Previously Thought
2014-06-11 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A group of scientists, based on the well-known collision between Earth and a Mars-sized celestial body some 40 million years ago, have determined that Earth is in fact 60 million years older than previously thought. Another recent study describes how scientists from Harvard University identified an echo of ancient Earth based off an isotopic signal. In this current study, geochemists from the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France have also based their findings on an isotopic signal, this time...
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