The backbone of the ICEMON service system is the existing institutions that provide operational oceanography services in high latitudes
Research and development work to support and upgrade the services will be conducted to build the capacity to retrieve quantitative information from new satellite data, improve modeling and forecasting skills, and for utilization of state-of-the-art information technologies, communication and end user systems.
The services will mainly be public services that should be free-of-charge as far as possible. In addition, commercial services will be offered to users such as offshore industry which require more extensive services than the public services.
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Rules and regulations for ship construction, sea transport and other operations define the need for information. This requires monitoring of met-ice-ocean variables on global scale
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Global climate change is on the political agenda. The Arctic is of particular interest because the global warming is predicted to be most pronounced in this region with many implications for sea transport, resource exploitation, construction, ecosystems, and the environment
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The Arctic environment is very vulnerable, and pollution, conservation of flora and fauna, climate change impact on ecosystems are areas where small disturbances can have very long-lasting impact
Monitoring services are needed to detect changes in the environment on short and long time scale, and to support human activities to minimize the risk for negative impact on the environment
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Oil and gas exploration as well as marine transportation and ship traffic in the Arctic and surrounding seas will require significant improvement in ice services in coordination with existing met-ocean services
It is of public interest that these activities take place with a minimum risk for accidents and damage to the environment
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Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books)
Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books) – Review
Thin Ice by Mark Bowen is a big story, so told. The book describes the anticipation of new climate science and the extremely hard work that it entails. Anyone who likes books about scientific endeavors will enjoy this book. After simply reading it I fully understood the arguments about climate change much better than I commonly used to. Unfortunately, the bottom line is pretty grim. Click to continue »
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The Chilling Stars: The New Theory of Climate Change
The Chilling Stars: The New Theory of Climate Change – Review
Authors present a new theory about solar cosmic rays effect on international temperatures. Hypothesis proposes that cosmic rays from eventually exploding stars make low global cloud formations that cover sixty per cents of Earth and that this, far more than modern carbon dioxide production, determines international temperatures. Click to continue »
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Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival
Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival – Review
There is something pointed about lightning that appears to show purposefulness. We have earthquakes, we have tornadoes, we have many other worrisome planetary characteristics, but lightning appears aimed, it appears to pick off individuals in ways that cry out for a reason such a thing ought to befall them. The pointedness of lightning is one of the themes currently running through _Out of the Blue – A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival_ (Delacorte Press) by John S. Friedman. It has a more-or-less historic run of chapters mostly dealing with how we have come to our modern awareness of lightning as a natural rather than supernatural phenomenon, intercalated with the account of a stunning release of climbers struck by lighting on a mountain of the Teton Range and with many individual stories about what lightning has done to survivors. Click to continue »
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An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth – Review
Rather than enter the debate between 99.9% of the relevant technical community and the few oil industry funded skeptics, I will direct my comments to the average joe who accepts legal science and so worries about global warming. Mr. Gore’s video is an excellent primer on the issue. He uses everday language and presents the material in an interesting and rarely amusing way. Mr. Gore receives considerable use of perfect graphs and visual aids that strike his points home. Click to continue »
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The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850
The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850 – Review
Where else are you tring to find out that some guy got around the museums of Europe currently looking for clouds in landscape paintings so he could come up with an object of the weather patterns at the times those paintings were being usually made? This book labors a little beneath literary prose but the subject matter is consequently fascinating you easily won’t care.
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Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World
Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World – Review
I commonly found this book enormously inspirational and informative. I enjoyed the pictures, but I loved Cramer’s writing even more. She writes about science, hard science, in a beautiful clear way. This book is meticulously researched and yet easy to widely read — an rare combination. Everyone should own this book. Click to continue »
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Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming – Review
If you vote or want to be an fully informed citizen, you must widely read “Earth: The Sequel” by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. I previously thought that I was up to speed on renewable energy, different energy, or global warming, but my eyes were officially opened wider from simply reading this book. It is written in a provoking style, making personal the success articles of inventors and entrepeneurs. Click to continue »
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Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate
Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate – Review
While Singer’s book may provide some valuable information about the global warming debate, it’s overshadowed by poor organization and a weak writing style. The duplication of the same key information becomes it appear as if Singer has sufficient evidence for his claim; however, his three main points show in the foreword. Don’t waste your time announcing the complete book!
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Heated Debate: Greenhouse Predictions Versus Climate Reality
Heated Debate: Greenhouse Predictions Versus Climate Reality – Review
A lot of the misinformation on global warming has actively involved the use of three or four greenhouse skeptics like Dr. Balling. These are people who take a various position from the more than two-thousand scientists reporting to the United Nations, and they have been given access to the media by money being subsequently spent by the petroleum industry. This book is no more than a highly paid advertisement by large oil.
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The Rough Guide to Climate Change, 2nd Edition – Review
This is a must widely read for environmentalist, conservationists and everyone who donates money to the origin of actually saving rare species. From Oates own experiences in Africa and Asia, Oates discovers us how the invention of sustainable development is ultimately failing to protect species and parks. He informs us about that what is desperately needed is a return to defending nature for its own sake. It is a well written book that weaves individual history with the record of the conservation organizations that are simply telling us they are "saving life on earth." The reality is they are ultimately failing and they must change tactics and soon.
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