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New Exhibition at the Farnsworth: From the Smallest Leaf: Photographs by Koichiro Kurita (Farnsworth Art Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Apr 2016
(Source. Farnsworth Art Museum). (Rockland, ME) On Saturday, April 16, the Farnsworth Art Museum will open an exhibition of photographs by Japanese photographer Koichiro Kurita ... This selection of his photographs encompasses nature as Kurita sees it in terms of 'Chi Sui Ki,' or terrasphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, and the borders that each of these realms share with one another and ourselves ... to 5 p.m ... Original Document ... (noodl....

Exploring Mars could be the key to fighting climate change on Earth

Edit Business Insider 05 Apr 2016
This is where we can learn from Mars ... For example, understanding the long-term fate of Martian carbonates and how they interact with the atmosphere and hydrosphere, will teach us how effective this form of carbon storage might be on Earth ... More from The Conversation UK.. Panama Papers ... ....

How Exploring Mars Could Help Us Fight Climate Change On Earth

Edit IFL Science 04 Apr 2016
The surface of Mars is a cold desert. Scars in the landscape point to a history of flowing rivers, standing lakes and possibly even planetary oceans ... Some has been stored as CO2 ice at the poles, where it remains today ... Filling the cracks ... For example, understanding the long-term fate of Martian carbonates and how they interact with the atmosphere and hydrosphere, will teach us how effective this form of carbon storage might be on Earth....

Sinks Are The Next Big Thing (Part 1)

Edit Huffington Post 21 Mar 2016
This is the first in a four-part series about restoring the soils, forests, wetlands and grasslands that take carbon out of the atmosphere. As Earth Day approaches this year, it's a good time to begin paying attention to parts of the Earth many people don't think about ... These ecosystems are known as "carbon sinks" ... Fact No ... Fact No ... the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, also known as soils, water, air and living things ... 3 ... ....

Geology Students Learn the Cold, Hard Facts--on a Glacier (Sonoma State University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Mar 2016
(Source. Sonoma State University). From classroom to laboratory to spectacular field destinations, geologists are renown for innovation and educational excellence ... On Aug ... The water is as pure, some would say, as driven snow ... They hungered for adventure and for knowledge ... On the Canada trip students found themselves immersed in the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the atmosphere; for geologists, the entire world is our outdoor classroom....

Two years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 and still no answer for grieving families

Edit The Times of India 07 Mar 2016
By Tuesday, Jacquita Gomes will have been waiting two years to know how her husband, an in-flight supervisor, met his death in one of aviation's great mysteries ... Mr Larsen has been involved with the hunt from the beginning, when marine services contractor Phoenix International Holdings hired his deep-water search and survey company, Hydrospheric Solutions, to provide the sonar equipment used on board the search vessel GO Phoenix....

Monotony and 'moments of terror' mark search for Flight 370

Edit Jakarta Post 07 Mar 2016
The shifts on board the ship are punishing ... "Everybody wants to find this thing, including us.". Larsen has been involved with the hunt from the beginning, when marine services contractor Phoenix International Holdings hired his deep-water search and survey company, Hydrospheric Solutions, to provide the sonar equipment used on board the search vessel GO Phoenix ... The job can be grueling ... for the holidays ... ......

CEHS's CREATE Lab ARTS and BOTS Engages Young Learners (West Virginia University)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Feb 2016
(Source. West Virginia University). Through WVU's CREATELab 'Arts and Bots' program fifth graders at Mountainview Elementary School are learning about robotics, computer programming, and engineering-themed concepts of design and production ... Garvin's class focused on biological characters interacting with the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere ... For more information on CREATELab and 'Arts and Bots' at WVU, please contact Dr....

NSERC prizes awarded to five University of Toronto scholars (University of Toronto)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Feb 2016
(Source. University of Toronto). Backing research into billion-year-old water, evolution of plants, faster disease diagnosis, microbial energy ... 'We should be proud of the range of disciplines encompassed by these prestigious prizes. Earth sciences, medicine, engineering, pharmacy, ecology and evolutionary biology are all represented ... 'Even here on Earth there are regions of our hydrosphere and biosphere still unexplored ... -30- ... Tel ... (noodl....

Polanyi Prize awarded to Barbara Sherwood Lollar (University of Toronto)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Feb 2016
(Source. University of Toronto). Research into billion-year-old water may hold clues to ancient life on Earth and Mars ... Sherwood Lollar was one of five U of T scholars receiving major NSERC prizes on Feb. 16 ... 'The joy of discovery has been at the heart of this work by our team - opening our eyes to the understanding that even here on Earth there are regions of our hydrosphere and biosphere still unexplored,' Sherwood Lollar said ... (noodl....

US EPA amended tolerance level of Pendimethalin in foods (SGS SA)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Feb 2016
(Source. SGS SA). February 3, 2016. SAFEGUARDS . Food NO. 030/16. Petition (PP. 4E8282 and 4F8261) requested amendment of regulation 40 C 180.361FR to establish tolerances for residues of pendimethalin and its metabolite in various crops, milk, meat, liver, and meat byproducts except liver. It came into force on December 20, 2015 ... It is easily absorbed by soil and the hydrosphere, and thereby transferred to the food supply chain ... fat 0.3 ... t....

US EPA Amended Tolerance Level of Pendimethalin in Foods (SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co Ltd) ...

Edit Public Technologies 03 Feb 2016
(Source. SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co Ltd). Petition (PP. 4E8282 and 4F8261) requested amendment of regulation 40 C 180.361FR to establish tolerances for residues of pendimethalin and its metabolite in various crops, milk, meat, liver, and meat byproducts except liver. It came into force on December 20, 2015 ... It is easily absorbed by soil and the hydrosphere, and thereby transferred to the food supply chain ... Commodity ... 0.1 ... 0.1....

Chinese ship with advanced sonar to search for Flight 370

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 29 Jan 2016
Fugro search director Paul Kennedy has described SAS as developing technology with some questions about its reliability. Because the search was in such a remote region, Fugro opted for established technology with ready supplies of spare parts ... The ProSAS-60 sonar equipment aboard the Chinese ship will be operated by marine services companies Phoenix International Holdings, based in Maryland, and Seattle-based Hydrospheric Solutions ......
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