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Advanced Disposal Continues on the Acquisition Path with Earth First Buy
2015-12-03 09:42:00| Waste Age
Advanced Disposal has struck again, buying a third regional hauler this week. The latest buy comes in Indiana. read more
Paris climate summit: Earth may warm by 6°C even with deal
2015-12-02 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The offers on the table for the UN`s climate summit in Paris this month are not enough to limit warming to 2 °C, a level considered to be relatively safe. But a series of recent analyses suggest a deal could put us on course to keep warming below 3.7 °C - perhaps as low as 2.7 °C. The analyses are based on the actions countries are prepared to take, known as their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. These only cover the period up to 2030, and many are very vague, so a host of assumptions...
Director of Earth Observation Programmes
2015-12-01 20:05:03| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women POST Director of Earth Observation Programmes. GRADE Offscale. LOCATION ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. Regular presence at ESA Headquarters, Paris, is required. DUTIES The European Space Agency ESA is Europes gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europes space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Under the direct authority of the Director General, the Director of Earth Observation Programmes is responsible for contributing to the ESAwide management, supporting the ESA Director General in discharging his responsibility and tasks and participating in pursuit of ESAs overall objectives. The Director contributes in the area of Space Applications to forming the Team of Teams at senior management level. In the framework of the ESA matrix organisation comprising programme directorates and support directorates, the Director of Earth Observation Programmes, under delegation from the Director General, is responsible for the definition, planning and execution of the Agencys Earth Observation programmes, consistent with the European Strategy for Space and taking into account the worldwide environment and its main actors. Heshe is responsible for the implementation of all ESA activities in Earth Observation and the preparation of new proposals in this area. QUALIFICATIONS Applicants for this post should have a higher, preferably technical or scientific, education coupled with indepth knowledge and experience in functions similar to those described above, preferably acquired in an international setting and including close cooperation with partner organisations. Key qualities required for the post are an innovative spirit and a strategicallyoriented mind, a proven capacity to lead change and manage people and teams, excellent relationship management and negotiation skills and the ability to influence highlevel decisions. For the full set of competencies expected from ESA leaders, please refer to Leadership Competencies. Applicants must be eligible for security clearance by their national security administrations. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required together with a working knowledge of the other or German. Good complementary knowledge of Russian would be an asset. CLOSING DATE Applications for this post in the form of a cover letter and CV should be addressed, no later than 26 January 2016, to the ESA Head of the Human Resources Department, at the following email address hresa.int. Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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Failing phytoplankton, failing oxygen: Global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth
2015-12-01 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to researchers from the University of Leicester. A study led by Sergei Petrovskii, Professor in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leicester's Department of Mathematics, has shown that an increase in the water temperature of the world's oceans of around six degrees Celsius -- which some scientists predict could occur as soon as 2100 -- could stop oxygen...
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New coal plants would tip Earth to dangerous warming: report
2015-12-01 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: While scientists agree humanity needs to phase out coal within 35 years, thousands of new plants are being planned that would doom hopes of keeping global warming to safer levels, analysts said Tuesday. Greenhouse gas emitted by these 2,440 potential plants -- on top of those already in operation -- would breach the UN target of restricting the planet's temperature rise, according to a mid-range estimate by Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a respected research group. Members of the UN are striving...
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