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Getting Down To Earth

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Author : World Bank
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2022-01-14

Getting Down To Earth written by World Bank and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-14 with Medical categories.

Outdoor air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide, the majority of which are caused by exposure to fine particulate matter (or PM2.5) air pollution. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Reducing PM2.5 air pollution is thus crucial for improving public-health outcomes in those countries. Measuring and reducing the health impacts of PM2.5 is especially challenging in many LMICs because ground-level air-quality monitoring networks are typically nonexistent. Where they are in place, they are often not properly operated and maintained and are thus unreliable. Limited local expertise in air-quality measurement presents additional challenges. These shortcomings can undermine a country's ability to design and implement effective policies to improve outdoor air quality. Satellite technology has been used successfully for measuring air quality in high-income countries where operation of ground-level air-quality monitoring networks is well established. However, Getting Down to Earth: Are Satellites Reliable for Measuring Air Pollutants That Cause Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? investigates the performance of satellites in LMICs for predicting outdoor concentrations of PM2.5, based on case studies in nine cities in different regions representing a range of environmental conditions (including mountainous, dusty, and coastal). The report finds that the satellite-derived estimates of PM2.5 in LMICs are associated with very large uncertainty, ranging from 21 percent to 85 percent depending on the model used for translating satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth--the parameter measured by satellites--to surface-level outdoor PM2.5 concentrations. This report shows that satellites are unreliable for estimating ambient concentrations of PM2.5 in LMICs. Furthermore, satellite-derived measurements cannot replace properly operated and maintained ground-level monitoring networks for measuring the concentrations of PM2.5 that human beings are typically exposed to daily. Thus, it is important that LMICs strengthen support for the establishment of ground-level monitoring networks to measure air pollutants, notably PM2.5, that cause mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with LMICs.

Ebony

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-02

Ebony written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-02 with categories.

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Boomerang

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Author : John Pieri
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2011-04-20

Boomerang written by John Pieri and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-20 with Fiction categories.

Fact or Fiction? A space opera adventure, a new possibility on an old ancient astronaut theory based on Ezekiel space ship scriptures, Ezek 1:16-24 Stay tuned for more adventures from Three Star Mining Intergalactic

Getting Down To Earth

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970

Getting Down To Earth written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Earth resistance (Geophysics) categories.

Grounded

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Author : Seth Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2010-06-01

Grounded written by Seth Stevenson and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with Travel categories.

In the spirit of AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, an intrepid writer rediscovers the magic of travel by circumnavigating the world with one simple rule: no planes, ever. How to really see the world by not flying over it ... 'I have good news and bad news. the good news is, they let me aboard the ship.' 'I can't believe it,' Rebecca says excitedly. 'I thought there was no chance! I'm almost done packing - I'll catch a taxi to the terminal now!' 'See, this is the bad news part,' I say, watching the docks slowly recede into the distance ... Let's face it, for all its convenience, flying sucks the adventure out of a journey. Check your shoes. Bag your liquids. So when Seth Stevenson decided to embark on the ultimate adventure - circumnavigating the world, no less - he vowed to recapture what he once loved about travel by sticking to one simple rule: no planes, ever. In the spirit of Around the World in Eighty Days, he sets off with fellow traveller Rebecca as expert navigatrix determined to savour every unexpected bump in the road - and see everything you miss by flying over it. He bunks on cargo freighters, cruise ships and ferries, rides on rickshaws, motorbikes and double-decker buses, drives a car across the Australian outback, pedals a bicycle through Vietnam, rattles across Russia on the trans-Siberian Railway - and even abandons Rebecca in Singapore to maintain his 'no fly' rule. this funny, wise and thoroughly entertaining armchair tour around the world is a timely reminder of what travelling should be. 'With travel writing it's not just about where you go, it's who you're on the journey with. Seth Stevenson makes a delightful travelling companion and Grounded is a charming read' AA Gill, author of AA GILL IS AWAY and tHE ANGY ISLAND

Cybomorph

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Author : Sally Rogers-Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-08-05

Cybomorph written by Sally Rogers-Davidson and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-05 with Fiction categories.

Follow Mouse's epic journey from humble beginings as an orphaned D-grade inhabitant of The Greater Melbourne Megalopolis of the late 21st Century, to the end of the universe and back again. After escaping the secure state orphanage she grows up in, Mouse is taken in by the Ghosts, a gang of homeless teens who dwell in The Spirit World, a subterranean world of forgotten caverns and deserted basements sealed off from the towering skyscrapers above. Trained by the gang's leader, the Fagan-like Sensei, Mouse grows adept in the criminal arts, but when her life spirals into chaos she chooses the only option left to her: she trades her human body in for a cyboform, and joins the Space Corps. Will this be the escape she hopes for, or will her shady past catch up with her? From the author of Spare Parts and Polymer

Munitions Industry

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Author : United States. War Industries Board. Price Fixing Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936

Munitions Industry written by United States. War Industries Board. Price Fixing Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Price regulation categories.

Down To Earth

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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2002-10-24

Down To Earth written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-24 with Science categories.

In 1992, world leaders adopted Agenda 21, the work program of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development. This landmark event provided a political foundation and action items to facilitate the global transition toward sustainable development. The international community marked the tenth anniversary of this conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August 2002. Down to Earth, a component of the U.S. State Department's "Geographic Information for Sustainable Development" project for the World Summit, focuses on sub-Saharan Africa with examples drawn from case-study regions where the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies have broad experience. Although African countries are the geographic focus of the study, the report has broader applicability. Down to Earth summarizes the importance and applicability of geographic data for sustainable development and draws on experiences in African countries to examine how future sources and applications of geographic data could provide reliable support to decision-makers as they work towards sustainable development. The committee emphasizes the potential of new technologies, such as satellite remote-sensing systems and geographic information systems, that have revolutionized data collection and analysis over the last decade.

Ecotheology

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Author : Levente Hufnagel
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-01-11

Ecotheology written by Levente Hufnagel and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-11 with Social Science categories.

Ecotheology - Sustainability and Religions of the World gives a very interesting overview of the frontiers of scientific research in this important multi- and transdisciplinary area. Its chapters use ecotheological approaches to discuss the multiple aspects of an environmental crisis from almost every segment of our planet. This book will be very useful for everyone – researchers, teachers, students, or others interested in the field – who would like to gain some insights into this aspect of our culture.

Consumers Guide

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941

Consumers Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Agriculture categories.