States Ranked by Greatest Percentage of Locations with Record-Breaking Heat; Top Ten States — CO, IL, IN, MD, ME, MN, NV, TN, WI, WV — to be Highlighted NEW YORK (January 15, 2013) – Thousands of monthly weather records were broken in communities throughout the US in 2012, as detailed in an updated interactive extreme […]
Ocean Foundation Film – Leading the Colorado River Back to the Sea
NEVADA CITY, Calif., Jan. 11, 2013 — The Ocean Foundation together with Marine Ventures Foundation has a film premiering in the Wild And Scenic Film Festival on the morning of January 12th in Nevada City, California. "A Changing Delta" follows the story of Colorado River Delta in Mexico, its once prosperous environmental, cultural and economic […]
By a wide margin, 2012 was the United States’ warmest year on record
According to the latest statistics from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, the average temperature for the contiguous United States for 2012 was 55.3° Fahrenheit, which was 3.2° Fahrenheit above the twentieth-century average and 1.0° Fahrenheit above the previous record from 1998. The year consisted of the fourth-warmest winter, a record-warm spring, the second-warmest summer, […]
1st Call for Papers – Global Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability Conference
Conference website: gccbs2013.com Groups such as the European Parliament have recently described climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development as “the greatest challenges of our time”. Recognizing that the well-being of humankind is severely affected by climate change and biodiversity loss, and that it depends on healthy and resilient ecosystems, the integration of these issues is […]
Maryland’s Rural Lands in Danger: Which Way is Your County Headed?
(Annapolis, MD) – Maryland counties have just one month left to determine whether rural lands will stay rural or be slated for high-polluting, costly sprawl development. Analysis released by 1000 Friends this week shows mixed results. “Legislation passed last session requires local jurisdictions to protect their rural lands from large scale development on highly polluting […]
USGS Study Tracks Pacific Walrus, Observes Effects of Arctic Sea Ice Loss on Behavior
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sparse summer sea ice in the Arctic over the past five years has caused behavioral changes in Pacific walruses according to research published by U.S. Geological Survey and Russian scientists. The effects on the walrus population are unknown. "The loss of sea ice is the ‘why’ for the change in walrus behavior; […]
Esri Supports Development of UCSB Ocean Use Application
ArcGIS and SeaSketch Provide a Platform for Organizations to Design Sustainable Ocean Management Plans
Esri Joins the Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Chief Scientist Dawn Wright Brings Spatial Thinking to Ocean Policy Leaders
Autodesk Ranks #6 Among IT Companies on Newsweek Magazine’s Green Rankings
3D Design and Engineering Software Leader Scores #21 Overall in List of Top 500 U.S. Companies
Local Tree Care Company Partners With CAL Fire and Department of Forestry on Exciting Project
Arborwell Professional Tree Management Collaborates on Berkeley Tree Inventory Project