‘Mercury is widespread and persistent. It is used in industrial processes, emitted from waste incineration and burning of fossil fuels, and is found in electrical appliances, medical instruments, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, dental amalgam and a variety of other products. From emissions to air, and releases to land and water, mercury contaminates various environmental media and can be transformed into methyl […]

Nicola Pirrone was awarded of Certificate of Appreciation as Co-lead of the Air Transport and Fate Partnership Area in appreciation of his commitment and outstanding contribution to the UN Environmental Global Mercury Partnership. Here the news twitted by the GEOSEC.

Women of childbearing age from around the world have been found to have high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin which can seriously harm unborn children. The new study from IPEN, the largest to date, covered 25 of the countries with the highest risk and found excessive levels of the toxic metal in women from Alaska to […]

ERA-PLANET, “the European Network for Observing our Changing Planet” is a network of 36 partner organizations from 14 European countries and one associated country, coordinated by the CNR-IIA, aiming at strengthening the European Research Area in the domain of Earth Observation in coherence with the European participation to Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Copernicus programme. The Network promotes the use of tools and technologies to […]

The purpose of the conference is to bring together European stakeholders interested in and actively contributing to the Global Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS). The event is a forum to exchange ideas and inform participants about work and initiatives undertaken in the context of GEOSS. Events: Workshop ‘Towards Climate Services based on Demand and guided by […]