Notices by Jorge Saturno :oa: (jorge@scholar.social), page 14

LIVE 🔴
BIPM voting the new international system of units (SI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA67T7FPBME

LIVE 🔴
BIMP voting the new international system of units (SI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA67T7FPBME

LIVE 🔴
BIMP voting the news international system of units (SI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA67T7FPBME

#Arctic ice sets speed limit for major ocean current 🌊

Long-term melting may lead to release of huge volumes of cold, fresh water into the North Atlantic, impacting global #climate.

https://news.mit.edu/2018/arctic-ice-sets-speed-ocean-current-1017

[Paper] Pervasive Rise of Small-scale #Deforestation in #Amazonia

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19358-2

You still have chance to join the #MOOC on Monitoring Atmospheric Composition by eumetsat 🛰️

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/atmospheric-composition

#EarthSystemScience #OpenScience #OpenData #AirPollution

Largest atmosphere polluter in Europe found: Coal-fired power plant Niederaussem operated by RWE in Bergheim, Germany 🏭

Yes, the same ones who destroyed almost the whole Hambach forest.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/air-pollution/news/german-coal-plant-exposed-as-europes-single-worst-air-polluter/

Biggest atmosphere polluter in Europe found: Coal-fired power plant Niederaussem operated by RWE in Bergheim, Germany 🏭

Yes, the same ones who destroyed almost the whole Hambach forest.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/air-pollution/news/german-coal-plant-exposed-as-europes-single-worst-air-polluter/

From RG:

Interested in the Earth System Data Lab open call?

The Earth System Data Lab (ESLD) https://www.earthsystemdatalab.net/ and iLEAPS http://www.ileaps.org/ invite young researchers to participate in a call for “early adopters” of the interface we build to explore Earth system processes at the global scale.

How to apply?

Submit a mini-proposal – 1000 words or less – explaining your intended project. For details see:

https://www.earthsystemdatalab.net/index.php/open-call/

Some members of LAECESS are attending SAMLAC 2018 in Puerto Rico. I have prepared a poster for introducing LAECESS to the community. Here you can have a look.

If you want to know more about LAECESS:
http://laearlycareer.wixsite.com/latinamericaecess

If you want to contribute with a coffee:
https://ko-fi.com/i/IH2H0LQ60

#EarlyCareer #Science #EarthSystemScience

@edgecontrol hola, tienes algún enlace donde pueda leer más?

En español:
El Amazonas y las ciencias climáticas en riesgo si #Bolsonaro es elegido presidente de #Brasil

https://es.mongabay.com/2018/10/brasil-las-ciencias-climaticas-en-riesgo-por-bolsonaro/

#EleNão 🇧🇷

https://pt.mongabay.com/2018/10/a-amazonia-e-a-ciencia-climatica-ameacadas-se-bolsonaro-for-eleito-presidente-do-brasil-comentario/

@tootbrute I am currently reading The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. It is a beautiful story about post-capitalist ways of living in the present world.

https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10581.html

@jasper unbelievable but kind of expected from wsj

-or should I write "World politics"?-

Brazilian presidential elections should concern us all in this planet.

"History tells us that when environments deteriorate, societies turn to supposed strongmen and religious zealots rather than smart, pragmatic leaders. That is happening now."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/24/planet-populists-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-environment

#Brazil #EleNão #Bolsonaro

Our op-ed on the critical Brazilian elections and the impact it can have on the Amazon and climate science in general has been published by Mongabay.com

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/amazon-and-climate-science-threatened-if-bolsonaro-elected-brazils-president-commentary/

#PleaseBoost #Amazon #Environment #ClimateChange #Bolsonaro #EleNao #Brazil