VANCOUVER, July 9, 2014 /CNW/ – Today the District of Hudson’s Hope called on Premier Christy Clark to refer the proposed $7.9 billion Site C dam project to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to determine whether this project is needed and whether BC taxpayers can afford it. The BCUC must also be given the […]
Visualize This: Carbon Storage Tool for Now and the Future
RESTON, Va.— Announced on the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan (310 KB PDF; page 16 – Providing a Toolkit for Climage Resilience), a new “Land Carbon Viewer” allows users to see the land carbon storage and change in their ecosystems between 2005 and 2050 in the lower 48 states. The Land Carbon Viewer […]
Winners! Science Without Borders Challenge
LANDOVER, Md., June 13, 2014 — The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation announces that Riley Samels from Ohio is this year’s winner of The Science without Borders® Challenge. His stunning art work ‘Reef in a Bottle’ beat out the fierce competition to take first place. The Challenge is a yearly science competition that is designed […]
New Report: Increasing Carbon Dioxide Could Impact Global Nutrition
A study published recently in the journal Naturecontends that increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere will decrease the amount of zinc and iron in certain staple crops like wheat, rice, and soybeans. According to the report, zinc and iron deficiencies already affect about two billion people worldwide, and about the same number of people depend […]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces the National Conservation Plan
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today launched the National Conservation Plan (NCP), which will provide a more coordinated approach to conservation efforts across the country with an emphasis on enabling Canadians to conserve and restore lands and waters in and around their communities, and making it easier for citizens living in cities to connect with nature. […]
USGS has a new way of displaying geospatial datafeeds of their hydrography datase
New Hydro Tools: The USGS has released a web-based geospatial services known as the Hydrography Event Management (HEM) Tools that allow users to create, edit, and display geospatial markers, called Events, that are referenced to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Events can be customized by the user to represent nearly any water-related feature. Some […]
NOAA Fisheries Releases Fisheries Economics of the U.S. 2012 and Status of the Stocks 2013 Reports
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) April 29, 2014 — Today, NOAA Fisheries released the 2012 edition of its annual economic report on the state of U.S. fisheries, "Fisheries Economics of the U.S. 2012," alongside the 2013 edition of its annual "Status of the Stocks." According to NOAA, the two reports "show strong economic gains from fishing, continued improvement in fish stocks." However, as […]
4 Great Green Technologies to Celebrate Earth Day
Environmental Advocate Shares Affordable Gadgets that Shrink Your Footprint – and Your Bills
15 years of data show major land cover changes in coastal Southeast
2011 Release Completes 15 Years of Land Cover Data for Southeast Coastal Region – Major changes in development, wetlands, and forests can be seen.
USAID-Supported Innovators Use Geospatial Technology to Address Environmental Challenges
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), NASA, and the American Association of Geographers (AAG) hosted a Poster Session for young innovators participating in a global environmental fellowship program called My Community Our Earth/SERVIR (MyCOE/SERVIR). The event, held at USAID headquarters in Washington D.C., featured the work of 14 students from […]
