terça-feira, 30 de abril de 2013

GARE MARÍTIMA DE ALCÂNTARA E ROCHA DO CONDE DE ÓBIDOS,LISBOA (PORTUGAL)

Almada Negreiros,portuguese painter

USING MATHEMATICS TO PREDICT AND PREVENT TREE DISEASES

Tree diseases

"ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY" FOR ENDING HUNGER IN AFRICA

Hunger in Africa

ORMAT SIGNS 20-YEAR POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR ITS ROSE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT IN NEVADA

Geothermal energy

TURKEYS INCREDIBLE GEOTHERMAL GROWTH OVER THE PAST DECADE

Geothermal energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BUILDINGS IN CHINA - A REVIEW

Renewable energy

INDUCING DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN UPLAND COTTON,ACOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Drought sensisitive crops

segunda-feira, 29 de abril de 2013

MUSEU JOSÉ MALHOA - CALDAS DA RAINHA,PORTUGAL

José Malhoa

ECO-FRIENDLY BUILDINGS

Eco-friendly buildings

FIRES BURN MORE FIERCELY AS NORTHERN FORESTS WARM

Wildfire

GLOBAL FOOD PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE

Food prices

THE STATE OF THE WORLD : IS IT TOO LATE FOR SUSTAINABILITY ?

Sustainability

HUNGER,NUTRITION,CLIMATE JUSTICE - PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

Global development

CIFOR LAUNCHES REGIONAL PROGRAM IN SOUTH ASIA

Forests

A GLOBAL STANDARD TO MONITORING COASTAL WESTLAND VULNERABILITY TO ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE

Sea-level rise

RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change

FRACKING FRACAS

Shale gas

sábado, 27 de abril de 2013

PEDRO GADANHO - PORTUGUESE ARCHITECT

MoMA curator

ORLANDO RIBEIRO - PORTUGUESE GOGRAPHER

Orlando Ribeiro

CHANGWON'S ECO-FRIENDLY POLICIES IMPRESS JOURNALISTS FROM 74 COUNTRIES

Eco-friendly policies

GREEN SPACES BOOSTS WELLBEING OF URBAN DWELLERS

Quality of life

CLEAN AIR ACT SETTLEMENT WITH WISCONSIN UTILITIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS BY MORE THAN 50,000 TONS ANNUALLY

Air pollution

GERMANY'S FIRST OFFSHORE WIND FARM EXCEEDS EXPECTED POWER OUTPUT

Offshore wind farm

ARIANNE PHOSPHATE FILES UPDATED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE ON SEDAR

Phosphate project

NEAR-TERM POTASH PRODUCERS RAMPING UP

...contracts have been inked with China and India...

JOBS RATE 2013

Jobs rate

sexta-feira, 26 de abril de 2013

JOANA VASCONCELOS - VERSAILLES

Joana Vasconcelos

ART OF THE COA VALLEY - PORTUGAL

Foz Coa

PANDORA'S FREEZER ?

Permafrost

THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AND BURDEN OF DENGUE

Dengue

JAPANESE TEST COAXES FIRE FROM ICE

Methane flowing...

EUROPE DEBATES RISK TO BEES

Honeybees

EXPERIMENT AIMS TO STEEP RAINFOREST IN CARBON DIOXIDE

Amazon rainforest

quinta-feira, 25 de abril de 2013

GARCIA DE ORTA - PORTUGUESE PHYSICIAN

Garcia de Orta

TREE - ALENTEJO,PORTUGAL

Alentejo

CASTELO DE SÃO JORGE - LISBOA,PORTUGAL

St.George Castle

CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS HEAD TO "ADAPTATION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"

Bangladesh

LIVING WELL, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR PLANET

Our planet

CRUNCH TIME FOR CHINA'S ECO-CITIES

Eco-ciries

FLAMMABILITY IS NOT SELECTED FOR,IT EMERGES

Flammability

SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES BOLD PLAN TO BECOME CLEAN ENERGY LEADER

Clean energy

THE CONTRIBUTION OF CROP RESIDUES TO CHANGES IN SOIL pH UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS

Crop residues...

terça-feira, 23 de abril de 2013

PASTÉIS DE BELÉM : ON THE TRAIL OF A PORTUGUESE LEGEND

Pastéis de Belém

STRONGER JOINT ACTION OF UN,INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS URGED AT DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Development

PLASTIC VS. FUEL : WHICH USE OF THE BRAZILIAN ETHANOL CAN BRING MORE ENVIRONMENT GAINS ?

Ethanol from sugarcane...

5 KEYS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN CITIES

Sustainable development

FOOD AND FUEL : 2 GRAND CHALLENGES FACING US THIS EARTH DAY

Food and fuel

MORE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEEDED TO DRIVE UK GROWTH AND PROSPERITY

Growth and prosperity

SPECIAL DEAL ON PHOTON-TO-ELECTRON CONVERSION : TWO FOR ONE!

Solar-cell efficiency

WILL GLOBAL COAL BLOOM GO BUST AS CLIMATE CONCERNS INCREASE ?

Coal consumption

segunda-feira, 22 de abril de 2013

IMAGES OF PORTUGAL

Images of Portugal

WINDFARM INFRASTRUCTURE COULD FORM BASIS OF INTERCONNECTOR

The ability to transmit power...

SIEMENS 6MW OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES PRODUCE FIRST POWER AT GUNFLEET SANDS (UK )

Offshore wind turbines

DELIBERATING STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS FOR CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING AND SPICE PROJECT

Increasing concerns...

THE GLOBAL STATUS OF CCS : 2012

Carbon capture and storage

NO GREEN ECONOMY WITHOUT BLUE ECONOMY

End hunger

GENEBANK STANDARDS FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

Genebanks

sábado, 20 de abril de 2013

PERVASIVE EXTERNALITIES AT THE POPULATION,CONSUMPTION,AND ENVIRONMENT NEXUS

Growing concerns...

FIRE IN THE OCEAN

One of the great challenges...

CLIMATE'S DARK FORCINGS

Black soot

THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Education and learning

SUSTAINABILITY : CHOOSE SATELLITES TO MONITOR DEFORESTATION

Deforestation

FOREST ECOLOGY : SPLINTERS OF THE AMAZON

Brazilian rainforest

CLIMATE MODELS FAIL TO 'PREDICT' US DROUGHTS

Droughts

sexta-feira, 19 de abril de 2013

JOSÉ SARAMAGO - PORTUGUESE WRITER

José Saramago

IRRIGATION CAN GIVE RISE TO INCREASED PRECIPITATION

Irrigation

GERMAN RECORD CLEAN-ENERGY OUTPUT BEATS FOSSIL PLANTS

Clean-energy

AFRICA ECONOMIC'S GROWTH TO OUTPACE AVERAGE

Economic growth

IMF REITERATES AUSTERITY WARNING

Excessive austerity

VISTA ALEGRE PORCELAIN - PORTUGAL

Vista Alegre

quinta-feira, 18 de abril de 2013

WINES OF PORTUGAL - A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

Wines of Portugal

MEMC,PETROBRAS PLANNING 1.1-MEGAWATT SOLAR PLANT

Solar plant

AUSTRALIA'S FOOD EXPORT VALUE HIGHEST IN DECADE

Food export

METHANE EMISSIONS FROM WETLANDS : BIOGEOCHEMICAL,MICROBIAL,AND MODELING PERSPECTIVES FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES

Methane emissions

ENERGY AS DIRTY AS 20 YEARS AGO ON SLOW CLIMATE EFFORT

The level of carbon emitted...

TOYOTA A VENDU PLUS D'UN MILLION DE VOITURES HYBRIDES EN 2012

Voitures hybrides

L'INDE VEUT ATTIRER LES GÉANTS MONDIAUX DE L'ÉNERGIE SOLAIRE

Énergie solaire

ANTÓNIO LOBO ANTUNES - PORTUGUESE WRITER

António Lobo Antunes

terça-feira, 16 de abril de 2013

EVERY BREATH WE TAKE - SUGNALS 2013 FOCUSES ON AIR QUALITY IN EUROPE

Poor air quality

GULBENKIAN MUSEUM - LISBOA,PORTUGAL

Museu Gulbenkian

"WATER SECURITY" : EXPERTS PROPOSE A UN DEFINITION ON WHICH MUCH DEPENDS

Water security

THE STATE OF PLAY : GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE

Rice

USDA LOWERS 2012-13 RICE PRODUCTION FORECAST FOR MAJOR EXPORTERS

Rice production

FARMERS ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

Anaerobic digestion

BRAZIL FIRST QUARTER AGRIBUSINESS EXPORTS UP

Agribusiness exports

LUIS DE CAMÕES - PORTUGUESE POET

Luis de Camões

segunda-feira, 15 de abril de 2013

EÇA DE QUEIRÓS - PORTUGUESE WRITER

Eça de Queirós

ORMAT LINKS FIRST U.S. ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM TO POWER GRID

Geothermal system

CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION OF MARSHLANDS CONVERSION TO CROPLANDS IN THE SANJIANG PLAIN,NORTHEAST CHINA

Greenhouse gases emissions

STATEWIDE PLASTIC BAG BAN BILL MOVES AHEAD

Plastic bag ban

BASF COMBINES BUSINESSES FOR WATER,OILFIELDS AND MINING SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT GROWTH STRATEGIES

Water solutions

HIGH RATES OF MICROBIAL CARBON TURNOVER IN SEDIMENTS IN THE DEEPEST OCEANIC TRENCH ON EARTH

Microbes control...

CLIMATE CHANGE SEEN LEAVING ARCTIC ICE-FREE BY 2050

Arctic ice-free

sábado, 13 de abril de 2013

SAGRES - PORTUGAL

Sagres

PORTINHO DA ARRÁBIDA,SETÚBAL - PORTUGAL

Portinho da Arrábida

SERRA DA ARRÁBIDA,SETÚBAL - PORTUGAL

Serra da Arrábida

LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER

World Heritage

SPECIAL ISSUE OF 'WATER INTERNATIONAL' ON THE UN WATERCOURSES CONVENTION

'Water International'

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF OCEANS KEY TO ENDING HUNGER

Ending hunger

FEEDING NINE BILLION BY 2050

Ensuring food and nutrition security

SPELEOTHEMS REVEAL 500,000 -YEAR HISTORY OF SIBERIAN PERMAFROST

Siberian permafrost

CAN WE SAVE ENERGY BY CHANGING OUR BEHAVIOUR ?

Energy consumption

sexta-feira, 12 de abril de 2013

PORTUGUESE SCHOOLS CONTEST - LUSITANO HORSE

Lusitano horse

TORRE CENTUM CELLAS,COLMEAL DA TORRE - BELMONTE,PORTUGAL

Centum Cellas

COVÃO DA PONTE,MANTEIGAS - PORTUGAL

Covão da Ponte

KEW'S HISTORIC TEMPERATE HOUSE RECEIVES £14.7M HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND GRANT

Victorian glasshouse

'BIOREFINERY IS KEY TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY'

Renewable resources

GLUTTONY : DECONSTRUCTING DINNER

Gluttony

COPENAGHEN'S AMBITIOUS PUSH TO BE CARBON-NEUTRAL BY 2025

Carbon-neutral

LIFTING THE VEIL ON AN OLD MISTERY

Old mistery

RIGHT-SIZING STEM-RUST RESEARCH

Stem rust caused...

quinta-feira, 11 de abril de 2013

ÓBIDOS - PORTUGAL

Óbidos

CATHEDRAL AND GRÃO VASCO MUSEUM - VISEU,PORTUGAL

Cathedral

SANTA CLARA-VELHA MONASTERY - COIMBRA,PORTUGAL

Mosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Velha

RECENT TEMPERTAURE EXTREMES AT HIGH NORTHERN LATITUDES UNPRECEDENTED IN THE PAST 600 YEARS

Recently observed...

RENEWABLE POWER: GERMANY'S ENERGY GAMBLE

Greenhouse-gas emissions

WILD WEATHER CAN SEND GREENHOUSE GASES SPIRALLING

Greenhouse gases

MORE RAIN FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS

Climate change

QUAKE LINKED TO DRILLING

Gas drilling

NO,WE SHOULD NOT JUST 'AT LEAST DO THE RESESARCH'

Geoengineering

ENERGY CROSSROADS

Renewable energy

quarta-feira, 10 de abril de 2013

ARRAIOLOS CARPETS - PORTUGAL

Tapetes de Arraiolos

"SCHISTS" FROM "TRÁS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO" - NE OF PORTUGAL

Potencial use as Natural Stone

REPORT SHOWS 'URGENT NEED' TO ELIMINATE BEE-KILLER PESTICIDES IN EUROPE

Pollinators and agriculture

LIMITS TO GROWTH OR GROWTH TO THE LIMITS ? TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS FOR POTATOES IN CHINA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRY

While output for potatoes ...

KAUSHALYA, A NEW RICE VARIETY RELEASED FOR THE IRRIGATED ECOSYSTEM IN DIFFERENT STATES OF INDIA

A new rice variety

INDIA, US TO LAUNCH JOINT RESEARCH COLLABORATION ON WHEAT

Wheat varieties which can tolerate high temperatures

LAND DEGRADATION DAMAGING GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Land degradation

DECREASED WATER FLOWING FROM A FOREST AMENDED WITH CALCIUM SILICATE

Acid deposition...

terça-feira, 9 de abril de 2013

BUSSACO NATIONAL PARK - PORTUGAL

Serra do  Bussaco

BRAZIL POTASH DEPOSIT HAS 18 YEARS OF BRAZIL' NEEDS -SOURCE

Brazil potash

A 'GREEN' SAHARA WAS FAR LESS DUSTY THAN TODAY

...widspread climate shift...


USDA EXPECTS RECORD-HIGH COMBINED CORN AND SOYBEAN ACREAGE

Corn and soybean

COTTON PLANTING IN INDIA SEEN DROPPING ON WATER SHORTAGE

Cotton planting in India,...

EON,DONG CONNECT WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE WIND FARM TO U.K. GRID

Wind farm

BUSSACO AND CURIA - PORTUGAL

Bbiblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

1930-1980

segunda-feira, 8 de abril de 2013

MONTESINHO NATURAL PARK - PORTUGAL

Parque Natural de Montesinho

POTENTIAL USE OF JATROPHA CURCAS STEM FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION

Ethanol production

SENSIVITY OF RUSSIAN FOREST TIMBER HARVEST AND CARBON STORAGE TO TEMPERATURE INCREASE

Russia is a leading exporter...

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR STANFORD'S STUDENT-DESIGNED SOLAR HOUSE

The solar-powered...

HIGHEST RECYCLING RATES IN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY, - BUT UK AND IRELAND SHOW FASTEST INCREASE

Recycling rates

IS THERE A SIXTH TASTE?

Sixth taste

MARINHA GRANDE...GLASS IS LIGHT AND ORIGINAL PURENESS - PORTUGAL

Marinha Grande

sábado, 6 de abril de 2013

THE BELEM TOWER

Torre de Belém,Lisboa

BELEM TOWER - LISBOA

Torre de Belém

COASTAL IMPACT INDUCED BY A PELAMIS WAVE FARM OPERATING IN THE PORTUGUESE NEARSHORE

Wave farm

MERKEL LOSING ALLIES IN $700 BILLION SHIFT TO RENEWABLES

...renewable-power expansion...

GLOBAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY IS LIKELY NOW A NET ENERGY PRODUCER

Solar photovoltaic

1,000,000+ ROOFTOP SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN AUSTRALIA

Solar power

IRRIGATION WASTEWATER CAN HELP SALVAGE DAMAGED SOILS

Damaged soils

PURDUE GETS GRANT TO IMPROVE HEAT-STRESS TOLERANCE TO MAIZE

Heat-stress tolerance

sexta-feira, 5 de abril de 2013

VISIT TO PORTO WINE MUSEUM - PORTUGAL

Porto Wine Museum

MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA,LISBOA - PORTUGAL

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

WHAT IF THE EXTINCTION IS NOT FOREVER?

,,,it plausible to try...

CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERSATIONS

The thousands of presentations...

PROJECTED ATLANTIC HURRICANE SURGE THREAT FROM RISING TEMPERATURES

Detection and attribution...

CLIMATE EXTREMES AND THE ROLE OF DYNAMICS

Climate extremes

NATURAL ENEMIES INTERACTIONS CONSTRAIN PEST CONTROL IN COMPLEX AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

Biological control of pests...

QUASIRESONANT AMPLIFICATION OF PLANETARY WAVES AND RECENT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WEATHER EXTREMES

In recent years,...

quinta-feira, 4 de abril de 2013

PEDRAS SALGADAS ECO-RESORT - PORTUGAL

ECO-RESORT

CHINESE APPETITE GROWS FOR AUSTRALIA

Food safety

TERRESTRIAL WATER FLUXES DOMINATED BY TRANSPIRATION

Renewable fresh water...

DETECTIVE WORK UNCOVERS UNDER-REPORTED OVERFISHING

Overfishing

POLL FINDS US SUPPORT FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

A majority of people...

CANADA PULLS OUT OF U.N. TREATY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

Desertification

terça-feira, 2 de abril de 2013

NUNO GONÇALVES - PORTUGUESE PAINTER

Nuno Gonçalves

WORLD CAN LEARN FROM SAN MARINO'S DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM

Countries around the world...

HONG KONG TO RAISE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND CUT EMISSIONS

Air quality standards

NORTHLAND POWER SELLS STAKE IN ONTARIO WIND FARM TO NATIVES

Wind farm

MARUBENI TARGETS NATIONAL PARK IN JAPAN FOR GEOTHERMAL

Geothermal industry

GIANT SEQUOIAS FACE LOOMING THREAT FROM SHIFTING CLIMATE

Giant sequoias

LONG OUTLAWED IN THE WEST,LEAD PAINTS SOLD IN POOR NATIONS

A new sudy finds...

segunda-feira, 1 de abril de 2013

BELEM CULTURAL CENTER - LISBOA,PORTUGAL

Lisbon,s Cultural and Arts Center

SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN PENNSYLVANIA

Shale gas

GOVERNANCE REGIME AND LOCATION INFLUENCE AVOIDED DEFORESTATION SUCCESS OF PROTECTED AREAS IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

Brazilian Amazon

EVIDENCE FOR MAIZE ( ZEA MAYS) IN THE LATE ARCHAIC (3000 - 1800 B.C.) IN THE NORTE CHICO REGION OF PERU

For more than 40y,...

NEW TRANS - ARCTIC SHIPPING ROUTES NAVIGABLE BY MIDCENTURY

Recent historic observed lows in Arctic...

MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF RESOURCE LIMiTATION IN TROPICAL FORESTS

Tropical forests