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Indra's Net is a modern-day artistic interpretation of the interconnectedness between human actions, marine mammals and the ocean. The interactive installation opens to the public June 8, 2013. Sausalito, CA (PRWEB) June 04, 2013 Starting on World Oceans Day, June 8, visitors to The Marine Mammal Center will be able to touch, learn and participate in a new art installation called, Indra's Net. Legend has it that Indra, a Hindu god, cast a jewel-encrusted net over the infinite...
FRESNO, Calif., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- California is facing a one of the worst droughts it has seen in the last 20 years. This drought has the state and its farmers worried. One company, however, is guaranteeing that it can help growers manage the drought. PureSense, a precision irrigation company, announced today that it is offering growers a money-back guarantee on its market-leading technology to optimize irrigation operations and performance. "The efficiencies that our...
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) announced today $3 million in new support for cocoa improvement projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The efforts will use a range of methods, including internet resources, mobile phone technology and microfinance to focus on providing cocoa farmers with needed information to increase the quality and quantity of their cocoa yields. The announcement came as WCF's Board met in Washington, D.C., on the eve...
RADNOR, Pa., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 7, 2013, PVR Partners, L.P. (NYSE: PVR) entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") for a Consent Assessment for Civil Penalty ("CACP") issued in connection with alleged storm water violations associated with pipeline construction activity in Lycoming County during 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110224/PH54022LOGO ) The settlement with the DEP concerns violations...
IQAir photo exhibition reveals microscopic world of air pollution ?at Green Week Conference 2013 BRUSSELS and GOLDACH, Switzerland, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Air quality expert IQAir (www.iqair.com) is partnering with the European Commission to help raise awareness of air pollution during the Green Week Conference this week in Brussels. The focus of the conference is "Clean air for all." A photo exhibition prepared for the conference features spectacular scanning electron...
NASA From its orbit around the Earth, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite or Suomi NPP satellite, captured a night-time image of California’s Powerhouse Fire. The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night. The Day/Night band on Suomi/NPP produces Night-Time visible imagery using illumination from natural (the moon, forest fires) and man-made sources (city lights, gas...
Timmons Group, a leading provider of geospatial and strategic planning services is pleased to announce the acquisition of Data Transfer Solutions’ wildfire division (DTSWildfire). DTSWildfire provides a wide range of services and software products used to support fire protection, planning, response, suppression, and incident management. Richmond, VA (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 Timmons Group, a leading provider of geospatial and strategic planning services is pleased to announce the...
NASA NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of a large light-brown colored plumes of smoke from two large fires burning in New Mexico: the Thompson Ridge Fire (left) and the Tres Lagunas Fire (right). Inciweb reported that the Thompson Ridge Fire is located in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, located about two miles northeast of La Cueva, New Mexico. The fire is reported to be human-caused, and started on May 31, 2013. So far, 1,906 acres have burned in the Preserve. The Tres...
Intergraph® technology provides integrated approach and streamlines workflow HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada, has implemented the latest generation of its decision support system for asset management. The Integrated Right-of-Way Infrastructure Support System (IRISS) provides a spatial and integrated approach to identify and coordinate capital water, sewer, and road projects. (Logo:...
ARLINGTON, Va., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- High school students from across the United States explored real policy challenges in a national environmental research contest. Validating the existence and distribution of lunar tidal waves, developing the first spatial ecology model of cape vultures, and establishing the correlation between wildfires and surface ozone were the focal points of the top entries of the 2013 Thacher Environmental Research Contest. Founded by the...
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Desert greening is made up of any number of methods used to revitalize deserts. So far, only arid and semi-arid desert are meant when using this expression. The icy deserts and other types are considered to be unsuitable. The different methods include landscaping methods to reduce evaporation, erosion, consolidation of topsoil, temperature, sandstorms and more, permaculture in general, planting trees, regeneration of salty, polluted, or degenerated soils, floodwater retention and...
Mudflats, or otherwise known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is left behind by tides or rivers. They’re found in sheltered regions such as bayous, lagoons, estuaries, and bays. Mudflats might be seen geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, a result from the deposition of estuarine silts, marine animal detritus, and clays. The majority of the sediment in a mudflat is within the intertidal zone, therefore the flat is submerged and exposed about twice per day. In...
A wetland is an area of land that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the traits of a distinct ecosystem. First and foremost, the factor that distinguishes the wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the unique vegetation that has adapted to its characteristic soil conditions. The wetland consists mostly of hydric soil, which is supportive of aquatic plants. The water that is found in wetlands can be saltwater, brackish, or freshwater....
The Arctic Ocean which is located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the shallowest and smallest of the world’s five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization recognizes it as an ocean, although, some oceanographers consider it as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply, the Arctic Sea, classifying it a Mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be considered as the northernmost...
Baffin Bay, which is located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It’s connected to the Atlantic by Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea. A narrower Nares Strait connects the Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean. The Baffin Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is bordered by Baffin Island towards the west, Greenland towards the east, and Ellesmere Island towards the north. It is connected to the Atlantic through the Davis...
