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A song sparrow visits goldenrod in bloom along a trail mowed through the 69-acre property of Tina and Jeff Gleim in York County, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2020. In their retirement, the couple has converted much of their land to native plant gardens, and fostered wildlife in other ways, such as planting trees, building bird and bat boxes. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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An aerial view taken by Greenpeace on September 19, 2006 shows steam rising and mud flowing out of the central exploratory oil well operated by local company Lapindo Brantas in Sidoarjo in Indonesia's East Java province. Environmental group Greenpeace on September 27, 2006 dumped 700 kg (1,540 lb) of mud at Indonesia's welfare ministry in protest over the government's handling of a mudflow disaster that has swamped four villages over an area larger than Monaco, displacing more than 10,000 people. Lapindo Brantas has denied the mud is directly linked to the drilling operation. NO ARCHIVES NO SALES REUTERS/Vinai/Greenpeace/Handout (INDONESIA)
Just offshore, inside Banderas Bay, rests a group of small, volcanic islands known as the Marietas Islands. These islands, made famous by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, provide the perfect environment for an entertaining eco-adventure. Experience wildlife above and below the water as you kayak, snorkel and explore the unique ecosystem with our informative and fun guides and crew.
The NSW Roads and Maritime Services boat which patrols and cleans this section of the Parramatta River.
Underneath the John Whitton Bridge, Meadowbank.
On Thursday I decided to use a Batis 135mm and that choice did impose some limitations on what I could do but I do hope that you like the images.
I started the day travelling by means of the new Glider service to Stormont a place that I last visited about ten years ago. My reason for visiting this time was because I had discovered that there were a number or nature trails within the estate.
To the best of my knowledge there are three trails and each trail takes around 30 minutes at normal walking pace.
History Trail - gives an insight into the rich history of Stormont Estate
Environment Trail - lets visitors discover the heritage, fauna and wildlife on the estate
Woodland Trail - find sensory points and features like small tree houses, bird houses and woodland carved animals around the estate
On Feb. 23, 2016, the Environmental Film Festival traveled to Totness, Coronie. U.S. Ambassador Ned Nolan welcomed students from Tata Colin School to the festival. It was the first time the film festival has gone to Coronie, and Ambassador Nolan's first visit to the district, as well. We all enjoyed it, despite the rain!
Restoring the Ecosystem of Lake Prespa is the latest project to support the sustainable development of this vulnerable region. It is implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Municipality of Resen, with funding provided by the Swiss Development Cooperation. It is expected that this project will bring many benefits in the next six years for the local people and environment. And by reducing the pressures on the ecosystem, it will significantly improve the health and resilience of the lake.
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Polar bear encountered during a research trip to western Fram Strait. Fram Strait is the strait between the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Sea at about 80 N. These bears are all standing on sea ice several hundred kilometers from the coast of Greenland. I took these photos from the deck of a research ship.
Poor infrastructure and the lack of an operational budget is a severe constraint on the Ministry of Environment’s ability to regulate natural resource management.
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Bureau de service environnemental, RDC
Les infrastructures misérables et l'absence de budget opérationnel empêchent le Ministère de l'environnement de réguler et de gérer l'exploitation des ressources naturelles.
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In partnership with Greener Ethiopia (GE) and Forum for Environment (FFE), Trees for the Future (TREES) hosted a World Environment Day 2012 Celebration in Konso. Around 500 women, men and youth from five communities participated in the event. Activities during the day included a tour of one of our seedling nurseries for government reps and partners, speeches by tribal elders, tree planting in a nearby watershed, traditional dances, and environmental-themed songs and skits, written by TREES'/GE's Gocha Nursery Manager and performed by youth green clubs that were established in 2011 by TREES/GE. FFE provided funding for planting tools to be distributed to TREES/GE target communities for their seedling nurseries and training centers. The day was wrapped up with a feast of kurkufa (a local dish made of Moringa stenopetala) and cheka, a local brew made from corn.
Bush track at the edge of Lawry Plunkett Reserve. On the right is a giant Strelitzia, an exotic species. These edges, between bush and urban areas, require constant monitoring and maintenance.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 30th annual session - General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment / 30ème session annuelle de lâAssemblée Parlementaire de lâOSCE -Commission générale de la démocratie, des droits de lâhomme et des questions humanitaires
Vancouver, British Columbia, Colombie Britanique, on July 3, 2023.
© HOC-CDC, 2023
Credit: Bernard Thibodeau, House of Commons Photo Services
Information is Quoted from the HER for H building
Historic Environment Record for H BUILDING, Malvern, UK
The building, having military purposes and designated locally as H building, sits on a former Government Research site in Malvern, Worcestershire at Grid Ref SO 786 447. This site was the home of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) from 1946. It has been owned by QinetiQ since 2001 and is in the process (October 2017 to February 2018) of being sold for redevelopment.
This unique building has at its heart a ‘Rotor’ bunker with attached buildings to house radar screens and operators as well as plant such as emergency generators. Twenty nine Rotor operational underground bunkers were built in great urgency around Britain to modernise the national air defence network, following the Soviet nuclear test in 1949. Two factors make H building’s construction and purpose unique; this prototype is the only Rotor bunker built above ground and it was the home to National Air Defence government research for 30 years.This example of a ROTOR bunker is unique instead of being buried, it was built above ground to save time and expense, as it was not required to be below ground for its research purpose.
H Building was the prototype version of the Rotor project R4 Sector Operations Centre air defence bunkers. Construction began in August 1952 with great urgency - work went on 24 hours a day under arc lights. The main bunker is constructed from cross bonded engineering bricks to
form walls more than 2 feet thick in a rectangle approximately 65ft x 50ft. The two internal floors are suspended from the ceiling. The original surrounding buildings comprise, two radar control and operator rooms, offices and machine plant.
The building was generally in good order and complete. The internal layout of the bunker remains as originally designed. The internal surfaces and services have been maintained and modernised over the 55 years since its construction. The first floor has been closed over.
There are some later external building additions around the periphery to provide additional accommodation.
In parts of the building the suspended floor remains, with 1950s vintage fittings beneath such as patch panels and ventilation ducts.
The building has been empty since the Defence Science & Technology Laboratories [Dstl] moved out in October 2008
As lead for radar research, RRE was responsible for the design of both the replacement radars for the Chain Home radars and the command and control systems for UK National Air Defence.
Project Rotor was based around the Type 80 radar and Type 13 height finder. The first prototype type 80 was built at Malvern in 1953 code named Green Garlic. Live radar feeds against aircraft sorties, were fed into the building to carry out trials of new methods plotting and reporting air activity
A major upgrade of the UK radar network was planned in the late 1950s – Project ‘Linesman’ (military) / ‘Mediator’ (civil) – based around Type 84 / 85 primary radars and the HF200 height finder. A prototype type 85 radar (Blue Yeoman) was built adjacent to H Building in 1959. live radar returns were piped into H Building.
Subsequently a scheme to combine the military and civil radar networks was proposed. The building supported the research for the fully computerised air defence scheme known as Linesman, developed in the 1960s, and a more integrated and flexible system (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment or UKADGE) in the 1970s.
The building was then used for various research purposes until the government relinquished the main site to QinetiQ in 2001. Government scientists continued to use the building until 2008. Throughout its life access was strictly controlled by a dedicated pass sytem.
Notable civil spin-offs from the research in this building include the invention of touch screens and the whole UK Civil Air Traffic Control system which set the standard for Europe.
Chronology
1952 - Construction work is begun. The layout of the bunker area duplicates the underground version built at RAF Bawburgh.
1953 - Construction work is largely completed.
1954 - The building is equipped and ready for experiments.
1956-1958 - Addition of 2nd storey to offices
1957-1960 - Experiments of automatic tracking, novel plot projection systems and data management and communications systems tested.
1960-1970 - Project Linesman mediator experiments carried out including a novel display technique known as a Touch screen ( A World First)
TOUCHSCREEN
A team led by Eric Johnson in H building at Malvern. RRE Tech Note 721 states: This device, the Touch Sensitive Electronic Data Display, or more shortly the ‘Touch Display’, appears to have the potential to provide a very efficient coupling between man and machine. (E A Johnson 1966). See also patent GB 1172222.
Information From Hugh Williams/mraths
1980-1990 - During this period experiments are moved to another building and H building is underused.
1990-1993 - The building was re-purposed
2008- The bunker was used until late 2008 for classified research / Joint intelligence centre
Information sourced from MRATHS
Environment Canada's water quality laboratory is located at the entrance to the Université de Moncton, The four flags are those of Canada, New Brunswick, Acadie, and the university.
The Chenango River flows past downtown Binghamton, N.Y., on Oct. 8, 2020. Large storms in 2006 and 2011 led to many property owners in the city to participate in a buyout program to improve the city's resilience to flooding. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge spans the James River in downtown Richmond, Va., on Aug. 13, 2019. Like many cities on the eastern seaboard, Richmond was established along the fall line, the area of geological transition between coastal plain and Piedmont, where rivers often have a steeper gradient and become too rocky for large vessels. Cities like Richmond became the terminus for ships carrying goods as far as they could upstream. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group addressing in the presence of Mohamed Beavogui, Director General, Africa Risk Capacity; Ségolène Royal, Minister of Environment and COP 21 President, France; Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morocco; Karl Hermann Gustav Schlettwein, Minister of Finance, Namibia; and Mr. Peter Craig-McQuaide, Head of Unit European Commission, International Cooperation and Development; during the event of "Towards COP 22 in Marrakech: What are the issues at stake ?" on Day 5 of AfDB's Annual Meetings 2016 on May 27, 2016, at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia.
A lost race of people once used this stone to make sacrifice to the gods...... or so the setting seems.
Its easy for the imagination to take hold amongst the curious pagoda rock formations scattered throughout Wollemi National Park and Newnes State Forest. Like sleeping giants, all these huge rocks seem to have a story to tell from some ancient time forgotten to man.
For more inof on the area see:
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id...
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Standing Stone Creek flows through Alan Seeger Natural Area in Huntingdon County, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2020. An invasive insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid, has attacked eastern hemlock trees in the area, which holds a rare stand of old-growth trees. The hemlock woolly adelgid causes an infested tree to drop its needles, and stressed trees can eventually die from heat and drought. Active management in Pennsylvania includes chemical treatment and biocontrols—essentially predatory beetles that eat the invasive insect. Keeping a forest healthy—by safeguarding its soils, water quality and biodiversity—plays a huge part in keeping trees resilient to the invaders. (Photo by Will Parson/Cheapeake Bay Program)
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Historic Environment Record for H BUILDING, Malvern, UK
The building, having military purposes and designated locally as H building, sits on a former Government Research site in Malvern, Worcestershire at Grid Ref SO 786 447. This site was the home of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) from 1946. It has been owned by QinetiQ since 2001 and is in the process (October 2017 to February 2018) of being sold for redevelopment.
This unique building has at its heart a ‘Rotor’ bunker with attached buildings to house radar screens and operators as well as plant such as emergency generators. Twenty nine Rotor operational underground bunkers were built in great urgency around Britain to modernise the national air defence network, following the Soviet nuclear test in 1949. Two factors make H building’s construction and purpose unique; this prototype is the only Rotor bunker built above ground and it was the home to National Air Defence government research for 30 years.This example of a ROTOR bunker is unique instead of being buried, it was built above ground to save time and expense, as it was not required to be below ground for its research purpose.
H Building was the prototype version of the Rotor project R4 Sector Operations Centre air defence bunkers. Construction began in August 1952 with great urgency - work went on 24 hours a day under arc lights. The main bunker is constructed from cross bonded engineering bricks to
form walls more than 2 feet thick in a rectangle approximately 65ft x 50ft. The two internal floors are suspended from the ceiling. The original surrounding buildings comprise, two radar control and operator rooms, offices and machine plant.
The building was in generally good order and complete. The internal layout of the bunker remains as originally designed. The internal surfaces and services have been maintained and modernised over the 55 years since its construction (Figure 3). The first floor has been closed over.
There are some later external building additions around the periphery to provide additional accommodation.
In parts of the building the suspended floor remains, with 1950s vintage fittings beneath such as patch panels and ventilation ducts.
The building has been empty since the Defence Science & Technology Laboratories [Dstl] moved out in October 2008
As lead for radar research, RRE was responsible for the design of both the replacement radars for the Chain Home radars and the command and control systems for UK National Air Defence.
Project Rotor was based around the Type 80 radar and Type 13 height finder. The first prototype type 80 was built at Malvern in 1953 code named Green Garlic. Live radar feeds against aircraft sorties, were fed into the building to carry out trials of new methods plotting and reporting air activity
A major upgrade of the UK radar network was planned in the late 1950s – Project ‘Linesman’ (military) / ‘Mediator’ (civil) – based around Type 84 / 85 primary radars and the HF200 height finder. A prototype type 85 radar (Blue Yeoman) was built adjacent to H Building in 1959. live radar returns were piped into H Building.
Subsequently a scheme to combine the military and civil radar networks was proposed. The building supported the research for the fully computerised air defence scheme known as Linesman, developed in the 1960s, and a more integrated and flexible system (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment or UKADGE) in the 1970s.
The building was then used for various research purposes until the government relinquished the main site to QinetiQ in 2001. Government scientists continued to use the building until 2008. Throughout its life access was strictly controlled by a dedicated pass sytem.
Notable civil spin-offs from the research in this building include the invention of touch screens and the whole UK Civil Air Traffic Control system which set the standard for Europe.
Chronology
1952 - Construction work is begun. The layout of the bunker area duplicates the underground version built at RAF Bawburgh.
1953 - Construction work is largely completed.
1954 - The building is equipped and ready for experiments.
1956-1958 - Addition of 2nd storey to offices
1957-1960 - Experiments of automatic tracking, novel plot projection systems and data management and communications systems tested.
1960-1970 - Project Linesman mediator experiments carried out including a novel display technique known as a Touch screen ( A World First)
TOUCHSCREEN
A team led by Eric Johnson in H building at Malvern. RRE Tech Note 721 states: This device, the Touch Sensitive Electronic Data Display, or more shortly the ‘Touch Display’, appears to have the potential to provide a very efficient coupling between man and machine. (E A Johnson 1966). See also patent GB 1172222.
Information From Hugh Williams/mraths
1980-1990 - During this period experiments are moved to another building and H building is underused.
1990-1993 - The building was re-purposed and the bunker (room H57) had the first floor closed over to add extra floor area.
2008- The bunker was used until late 2008 for classified research / Joint intelligence centre
2019 - Visual Recording of the buildings interior by MRATHS. Be means of a LIDAR scan and photographs being taken. The exterior was mapped with a drone to allow a 3D Image of the building to be created via Photogrammetry. This was created in Autodesk Photo Recap.
2020 - Building demolished as part of the redevelopment of the site.
Information sourced from MRATHS
Renowned endurance swimmer and United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh collects plastic pollution near Bill of Portland, United Kingdom during The Long Swim campaign on 4 August 2018.
Photo Kelvin Trautman
Throughout the 20th century, global water use has increased in the agricultural, domestic and industrial sectors. Evaporation from reservoirs has increased at a slower rate. Projections indicate that both global water use and evaporation will continue to increase.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz, February 2006
I took this picture because it shows an unused pool. We have 2 pools, this outdoor one, and one indoor, and every time there is a problem with the pool, it is not used to its full potential. There are a lot of kids in the community and we end up going all the way to St. Lawrence pool which is at Esplanade and Sherbourne area. So instead of us paying money for the pool classes and going far away, it would be best if we paid the money for this pool and have our kids come here to use this pool which is closer to us, instead of taking the bus or looking for rides to go to the other pool.
This is a major problem for the people in the community who don’t have money, this stops the children in the community from having the opportunity or benefit to learn the skill of swimming. Swimming is a good exercise and an essential skill to know, it may also be a good survival skill to know. If the pool is fixed at least kids who are obese can swim and exercise in the pool as a way of stimulating their muscles. If the pool is opened than the kids will have an activity to do instead of roaming around in the neighbourhood.
I don’t know what the problem is with this pool because it is always closed, but if it is something fixable than the government should invest in fixing the pool and then we can have classes where we can pay the trainers and the lifeguards to keep it running during the summer season. At the moment the pool is idle, like a statue, or an image for the community to see, and I don’t think they made the pool for that reason. It should be buzzing with activity during the summer season. The pool should be fixed so it can bring fun and life back to the community.
I think we have the power to fix this pool problem. The community is willing to pay for the classes so we can use the pool that is next to us instead of a pool that is far away. We can also have classes for the seniors, for women only, for kids, and if this pool problem is solved I think it will bring back the spirit of summer.
Also, the government should offer as much assistance as they can offer to have both the indoor and the outdoor pools working to their fullest potential.
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Tangier Island is seen in Accomack County, Va., on March 20, 2017. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support by Southwings)
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Comfort Pond is seen in Susquehanna County, Pa., on Aug. 2, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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