A research consortium spanning 20 European countries is giving a boost to fusion research in Europe. Learn more about the work of COST Action MP1208 towards unlimited, clean and affordable energy.
Dr Sjur Baardsen, Chair of the FPS Domain, shares his views on Forests in a Green Economy when interviewed by the GreenUp programme.
The GreenUp programme, powered by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), prepares for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (aka Rio+20) in June 2012 by collecting a critical mass of evidence showing that the green economy is a real possibility for intertwining the world’s economies with our environmental and societal aspirations. The first action relates to Forests!
Visit http://www.greenup-unep.org/ for more information.
Interviews with quantum physicists
COST Action MP1006 – the world’s first network focussed on the foundations of quantum mechanics – asked 13 major scientists in the field to explain quantum theory!
We embedded the introduction video below. Please click the link above to watch the other videos on the YouTube playlist as well.
TINNET - short-term scientific missions (part II)
What TINNET researchers had to say about their short-term scientific missions
Clouds, electricity, and climate
What role does atmospheric electricity play in climate change? Two scientists (Mai-Mai Lam, from the British Antarctic Survey, in Cambridge UK, and Jean Lilensten from CNRS in Grenoble, France) discuss this topic. This movie was produced by COST action TOSCA (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on climate), a multidisciplinary European network of scientists from 20 countries whose objective is to provide a better understanding of the hotly debated role of the Sun in climate change. For more information, and more movies, see http://www.tosca-cost.eu
Let the solar wind blow
How does the varying solar wind affect the Earth’s climate? Two scientists (Jean Lilensten from CNRS in Grenoble, and Laure Lefèvre, from the Royal Observatory of Belgium) discuss this topic. This movie was produced by TOSCA (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on climate), a multidisciplinary European network of scientists from 20 countries whose objective is to provide a better understanding of the hotly debated role of the Sun in climate change. For more information, and more movies, see http://www.tosca-cost.eu