Geo Week 2017
On October 23-27 2017, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)community will come together at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. for GEO Week 2017. GEO Week 2017, consisting of GEO-XIV Plenary, side events and exhibition, will highlight and promote the role, applications and opportunities to use Earth observations (EO) in delivering ‘Insight for a changing world’. An […]
First Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP1)
‘Mercury is widespread and persistent. It is used in industrial processes, emitted from waste incineration and burning of fossil fuels, and is found in electrical appliances, medical instruments, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, dental amalgam and a variety of other products. From emissions to air, and releases to land and water, mercury contaminates various environmental media and can be transformed into methyl […]
Mercury in Women of Child-bearing Age in 25 Countries
Women of childbearing age from around the world have been found to have high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin which can seriously harm unborn children. The new study from IPEN, the largest to date, covered 25 of the countries with the highest risk and found excessive levels of the toxic metal in women from Alaska to […]
ERA-PLANET Kick-Off meeting of the four funded projects
ERA-PLANET, “the European Network for Observing our Changing Planet” is a network of 36 partner organizations from 14 European countries and one associated country, coordinated by the CNR-IIA, aiming at strengthening the European Research Area in the domain of Earth Observation in coherence with the European participation to Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Copernicus programme. The Network promotes the use of tools and technologies to […]
ERA-PLANET 11th GEO European Projects Workshop in Helsinki
The purpose of the conference is to bring together European stakeholders interested in and actively contributing to the Global Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS). The event is a forum to exchange ideas and inform participants about work and initiatives undertaken in the context of GEOSS. Events: Workshop ‘Towards Climate Services based on Demand and guided by […]