Sentences with phrase «on ecological projects»
They spent one week at the Historic Lifeboat Station working with staff from Point Reyes National Seashore and the National Park Service, conducting research on ecological projects, including plant species distribution, hydrology profiling, and fish monitoring.
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After hearing evidence and considering submissions for 180 days, the Board arrived on 209 conditions it deemed necessary to mitigate the risks and adverse socio - ecological effects associated with the pipeline and its associated infrastructure to ensure the project is in the public interest.
This cross-disciplinary course is an opportunity for UH Hilo computer science, marine science and art majors to collaborate on a digital project meant to educate the public on ecological issues.
Geneva, September 11 2017 — On the eve of Drinktec 2017, the launch of Regina E-F.A.S.T. (ecological, friction abating sliding thermoplastic) material marks the fruit of a four - year long joint project between DuPont and Regina, world leader in the development of conveyor chains and belts.
Short term projects have focussed on determining whether selected watering actions are meeting their intended ecological objectives and understanding the implications for environmental water delivery.
His major responsibilities are to coordinate Mass Audubon's statewide biological inventory and monitoring project and to work with sanctuaries on their ecological research and management needs.
Now the Pierce Downer's Heritage Alliance, a local environmental group, has filed suit against the Village of Downers Grove and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, alleging that both agencies violated a section of the Illinois Natural Preservation Act by failing to consult with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to determine the project's ecological impact on the adjacent preserve.
They Include: * Individuals, families, and corporate or community groups * Students, parents, professionals, and retirees * Seasonal, weekly, occasional, or one - time volunteers Depending on their interests, experience, and the time they have available, volunteers contribute to Mass Audubon in a variety of meaningful ways — welcoming visitors to the sanctuaries, maintaining trails, tending gardens, submitting wildlife observations, educating people of all ages, assisting with ecological management projects.
Walker, Milwaukee County executive, said the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has not held a meeting on the project's ecological effects since 2001.
Using over a decade's worth of data from the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research project, supported by the National Science Foundation, the investigators examined the effects of kelp on groups of organisms in the kelp forest ecosystem.
Project BudBurst launched in 2007 as a national field campaign designed to engage the public in the observation and collection of important ecological data based on the timing of leafing, flowering and fruiting of plants (aka plant phenophases).
Visitors can also leaf through new government reports, such as one on the water shortages that greenhouse warming could bring; or follow links to field projects, such as a long - term ecological monitoring station in the New Mexico desert.
«This project is not an ecological substitution with an analogous species, like what's been done on other Indian Ocean islands; instead, it's a real reintroduction — the first one of a megafauna species here,» Pedrono said.
Rather than denounce this support as a measly «trickle» compared to ecological world need and the dreams of the Rio Earth Summit, as some conservation groups and others have, we should be using it to build on the Darwin project.
He remains enthusiastic about the project because Chinese leaders, both locally and in the central government (among them President Hu Jintao), have urged a new focus on construction that is more ecological.
They are also on the lookout for unintended ecological consequences of the project.
Scientific analysis of diatom oil has shown that it is very suitable for use as biofuel, says T. V. Ramachandra, a professor of ecological sciences at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here who is working on this project with IISc researchers Durga Mahapatra and Karthick Balasubramanian, along with Richard Gordon, a radiology professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnepeg.
If completed, the project could break Panama's long - standing monopoly on the shipping trade in the region — but at a severe ecological price.
According to Mervis, he will also be allowed to begin an NSF - funded Long Term Ecological Research project in which he «will soon be visiting penguin colonies on offshore islands, monitoring their return from the open ocean to mate and produce offspring.»
«Continued tapping of maple syrup, and passing on its associated traditional ecological knowledge, is important for food sovereignty of Native American communities,» said Autumn Brunelle, a Native American research associate on the project.
Dr Cameron Petrie, director of the ERC - funded project and co-author on the study, commented, «We are investigating the nature of human adaptation to the ecological conditions created by the winter and summer rainfall systems of India.
The EU FP7 Integrated Project EPOCA (European Project on OCean Acidification) was launched in June 2008 with the overall goal to advance our understanding of the biological, ecological, biogeochemical, and societal implications of ocean acidification.
RUSSIA Copy of research paper on uranium and thorium mines in the Chita region of Siberia and their associated environmental and health problems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed November 1996.
Copy of research paper on uranium and thorium mines in the Chita region of Siberia and their associated environmental and health problems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed November 1996.
- collaboration runs from July 15th to Aug. 31st - called the «Suizokukaan» Ikasu Summer Vacation - includes various projects such as the «Splash Time» water battle event involving the «Splash Shooter» water gun - ecological exhibits on squids from the Research Lab - photo opportunities and exclusive merchandise
From an ecological perspective, all projects are feeding on the disposable income of KS subscribers or potential subscribers.
According to Gates, this housing art belongs to a virtuous ecological system in which the improvements brought about by the project are financed through the sale of works of art made with materials found on site, investing them with certain historical and iconic meanings.
This exhibition continues a serial project that draws on theater, science fiction, philosophy, and ecological anxieties.
Shin continued on - going projects that speak to the importance of ecological preservation.
According to Henry, «The English Kills Project is also a re-imagination of a site of historic desecration that is on the verge of an ecological re-awakening.»
Also featuring: Francesca Tarocco reports on recent changes in urban culture and queer aesthetics across the Sinosphere; Evan Calder Williams investigates the films of Johan Grimonprez, which probe the mechanisms of the arms trade; Turner Prize - winning artist Helen Marten responds to Ed Atkins's latest work, Old Food, at Martin - Gropius - Bau in Berlin; Alice Rawsthorn unpacks the ecological innovations of Studio Formafantasma's new project, Ore Streams, at the inaugural NGV Triennial in Melbourne; and Nick Thurston compares the interactive experiences spurred by collectives Blast Theory, Forced Entertainment and Slavs and Tatars.
This project was sited specifically on the shore of Lac Nord of Izadia Ecological Park in Anglet, France for La Littorale # 6, Biennale Internationale D'Art Contemporain Anglet - Côte Basque curated by Paul Ardenne.
Using special luminous and ecological paint called ELI («eco light inside» — ecological powder which is modified into a gelcoat thatcovers the furniture) that Papadopoulos created especially for the project, the sideboard is produced by Italian design company Ennerzero and will be on display at the SOHO gallery in Milan for the «dEMOsign» exhibition.
«IAI will be heading a team working on the ecological task of waste management - what can be done with by - products of aircraft manufacturing that can not be simply discarded,» said Arnold Nathan, director of R&D; for the engineering division of IAI, who heads a team that is currently working on 85 projects in conjunction with the EU.
The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic project at the National Snow and Ice Data Center is pleased to announce the release of a website focused on the cultural and ecological significance of the northern Bering Sea....
Although the Biological Review Team acknowledged «there is ample evidence that bearded seals have adapted successfully many times to both large and rapid ecological changes» they argued «history is not, on its own, an assurance that bearded seals can adapt to the changes projected for the foreseeable future.»
The Fall 2017 issue of Witness the Arctic includes news about the NSF Vision for Research Support and Logistics at Summit Stations; Arctic Social Science research on Alaska Native Elderly health; Sea Ice Prediction Network activities; the Study of Environmental Arctic Change program's syntheses and communication efforts; a workshop on relationships between research and Alaskan Indigenous communities; the newly - released map for the Agreement to Enhance International Arctic Scientific Cooperation; an international workshop on maritime traffic in the Bering Strait; IARPC and the Polar Research Board activities; the 2017 Joint Science Education Project, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director, RoberProject, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director, Roberproject, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director, Robert Rich.
Living on Earth's Ecological Literacy Project engages middle and high school students in a science - based exploration of their local environment and trains them in professional radio production.
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organized by art center nabi, the project addresses the theme «prototyping of sharing eco city with technology» and invites professionals to generate ideas on urban and ecological issues.
If you're curious what kind of ecological effect solar panels floating on the water might have on the Tengeh Reservoir, the project actually comes with some desired side effects.
In the immediate future, it certainly seems to call into question government approvals of projects, such as Northern Gateway, where uncertainties remain regarding the socio - ecological effects on the land, at least as that approval relates to Aboriginal title land (for a recent blog on this issue by Shaun Fluker see here).
Her current work, in partnership with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, matches indigenous water law with the framework of the new Water Sustainability Act.
Reducing the ecological footprint of a building, increasing energy efficiency and sustainability, and cutting household overheads will all play a pivotal role in the design, style and building methods used on new build and retrofit projects and the desire of occupants to live in «healthier» homes.