Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change (NYT magazine)

An interactive article with photographs, videos and text. This is a long article in two parts. It is extremely interesting with respect to how politics and science intermingle and how science can be ignored or not, and what factors were and are at play. The NYT requires a subscription for regular reading, but everybody has a free quota of four articles. In my opinion, every one of us, doing research on anything with broader implications cannot afford not to read this. On top of it is written almost like a thriller, so an easy read, and includes some interesting ideas of why the Montreal Protocol was easy for politicians and public to accept. https://nyti.ms/2mWMDT8 Our theme disables links on excerpts, please open the post and then follow the link.  

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International Conference ‘UV LED Technologies & Applications’

April 22-25, 2018 · Berlin, Germany DEADLINE OF ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: December 15, 2017 It is all about UV LEDs – the variety of their structures, manufacturing technologies, applications, trends, and novel developments. The international conference ‘UV LED Technologies & Applications’ brings together experts from science and industry to crosslink and to discuss the related issues. The conference will be held from April 22 to 25, 2018 at the MELIÁ Hotel in Berlin, Germany. The conference is organized jointly by the German consortium ‘Advanced UV for Life’ and the ‘International Ultraviolet Association’. Advanced UV for Life is a consortium of more than 40 German industrial and academic partners working together in the development and application of UV LEDs within the framework of the Twenty20 initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) is an international organization that aims to advance the sciences, engineering and applications of ultraviolet technologies to enhance the quality of life and protect the environment.  

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