Mind you this is regardless of how accurate
methods of environmental data collection were in the 1920's, a time where people thought continents did not move.
The discussions covered questions of what
kind of environmental data is needed for the Arctic region and what kind of data the meteorological community can offer to those operating in the region.
Ford and a group of experts have co-authored a perspective paper (pdf), due out next month in Emerging Infectious Diseases, that proposes making
use of environmental data — tracked via satellite — to predict disease outbreaks.
Lomborg, a Danish political scientist with a background in statistics, argues in his text that claims made by environmentalists about global warming, overpopulation, energy, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety of other issues are exaggerations unsupported by a proper
analysis of environmental data.
«It will make available 20 years»
worth of environmental data and enable researchers to collaborate real - time on the network,» says Lewis Platt, chairman of the electronics company Hewlett - Packard, one of the leaders of the consortium.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides immediate access to a
cross-section of environmental data for any geographical location in the U.S. Access useful information about your air, water, energy choices, and ways to lessen the impacts of climate change at MyEnvironment.
Through this, they can cross analyze different
types of environmental data, on a scale that has never been achieved before, or build a more detailed understanding of transportation on a citys infrastructure and study dynamic phenomena like urban heat islands.
I personally think Google Earth is one of the best tools for the
dissemination of environmental data and discoveries to a wide audience, and for raising awareness of green issues.
The Tribune: The state of
compilation of environmental data in Pakistan remained extremely poor, but with the introduction of the $ 2.1 million National Environment Information Management System (NEIMS), things might improve.
As we reach a tipping point on global climate action, increased
disclosure of environmental data, along with access to States and Regions Climate Action Tracker will help sub-national governments to understand their environmental impact and the risks and opportunities of climate change.
More than 20 fixed sensors in the water column, within and above the kelp canopy, collected all
kinds of environmental data that might relate to ecosystem health.