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Moeraki Boulders during sunrise, New Zealand. Good night all□□ Nesso,İtaly. 10 Breathtaking Images of Earth Taken from Space. NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

10 Breathtaking Images of Earth Taken from Space

The NASA was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958. Since then NASA has discovered many things and also tackled many threats that would cause a disaster on the planet. This is a US agency responsible for space research and space programs. The NASA has also setup his own station in the space from where it takes monitored all the activities that are happening and doing a commendable job for not only doing research but also protecting us from any external threat.

These amazing pictures if not taken by NASA would have been missed to see these beautiful pictures. Image Source: NASA. Part II: High-Res Images of Cities at Night (from ISS) Part II: High-Res Images of Cities at Night (from ISS) Mt. Hood, Oregon. #GoodMorning #Calgary and all my friends in #Canada! #YearInSpace. Beyond the glittering cities like Tokyo, there is another #Japan. Talawanda Lakes, Oklahoma - Photograph by Todd Tobey.

Senja, Norway. The Lake District. The sun is shining on Valetta Harbour this morning ahead of The Queen's visit to @HeritageMalta #RoyalVisitMalta. Photography by ©Christian Schweiger. Kyrgyzstan. Drake Passage, Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica. The River Tauglbach, Salzburg, Austria. #CHOGM The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall at the CHOGM Dinner in Malta. Chartreuse Mountain Chain, French Alpes. Day 245. Night pulls its veil over Earth and she shines like the stars. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace. Madagascar. Karamea, New Zealand. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Photography by ©Ted Gore. Northern Lights above Tromvik, Norway.

#BlackFriday with a slice of #sunrise. Good day from @space_station! #YearInSpace. Hallerbos, Belgium. Photography by ©Budoiu Bogdan. Photography by ©Fabio Minduim. Everything you need to know about the COP21 (but were too afraid to ask) Despite an OECD report claiming to show a flow of US$62 billion in climate finance to developing countries last year, there are still question marks over whether the original promise will be upheld.

Everything you need to know about the COP21 (but were too afraid to ask)

So, the role of business in contributing to international efforts will be more crucial than ever at COP21, with large-scale companies able to play a big role in effecting positive change. Virgin’s Richard Branson – who along with his fellow B Team leaders are calling for a global commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – says he is hopeful of a strong deal in Paris. “Taking bold climate action now has the potential to unleash the full power of business and at the same time lift millions of people out of poverty,” he says. “We’re the first generation to recognise this and the last generation that will have this opportunity.” Read more from our content series as we explore everything you need to know about climate change (but were too afraid to ask) in the run up to Paris 2015. Glacier National Park. Photography by ©Seung-Ki Kim. The Grand Canyon.

Perito Moreno, Argentina. Day 244. #HappyThanksgiving #ThankYou for following me on this journey. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace. Ransberg, Sweden. Lava Flow, Hawaii. Photography by ©Adam Ive. So many shades of nature □ View of a solar eclipse and the Milky Way from the International Space Station. Good #Thanksgiving Morning from @Space_Station! #YearInSpace. Winter in Norway - Rune Askeland. Day 243. Hard not to feel #gratitude with a world view like this. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace. Discovery. White sandy beaches and turquoise water in Lofoten, Norway - Jeff Carlson. #earthonlocation. What You Need to Know About the Paris Climate Talks. Many of these commitments may not be ambitious enough, though.

What You Need to Know About the Paris Climate Talks

Instead of staying within 2 degrees Celsius, the pledges could still permit warming of up to 3 degrees Celsius, according to a recent United Nations analysis. In Paris, negotiators will attempt to craft a graduated plan that requires each country to revisit and ramp up climate-related commitments every five years. What's not entirely clear yet, however, is exactly how the world will keep emissions in check. According to a preliminary draft of a potential climate agreement released earlier this year by the UN, the deal could include a commitment to cap emissions, to achieve zero net emissions, to reduce emissions by a predetermined amount or to achieve carbon neutrality -- that decision will ultimately be left up to the negotiators.

Climate negations have occurred in various forms for two decades, and although we've inched closer and closer to a universal, legally binding agreement, it has never actually happened. #RoadtoParis. A nearly full moon reflects off the icy tundra snap by Cincygirl. Waterspouts off the coast of Turkey - Photograph by Mehmet Gökyigit. Take a break to enjoy these pure and beautiful arctic landscapes.

An amazing wave - Photograph by Russell Ord (IG) Operation IceBridge completes overlapping campaigns to both of Earth’s poles @NASA_ICE. Theconversation. Much of the general public is well aware of scientists' recommendations on climate change.

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In particular, climate scientists and other academics say society needs to keep global temperatures to no more than two degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels to avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change. But now more academics are weighing in on climate change: philosophers, ethicists, and social scientists among others. More than 2,100 academics, and counting, from over 80 nations and a diversity of disciplines have endorsed a moral and political statement addressed to global leaders ahead of December’s UN climate conference in Paris. As one of the philosophers responsible for this open letter, along with my colleague Keith Horton (University of Wollongong, Australia), I wish to explain why we felt compelled to organize it and why the endorsement of many influential philosophers is important. Thinking about the real world Ethical thinking. Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41. Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41.

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Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41. Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41. Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41. Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41. Basicmap.php?lon=-45.81999999999999&lat=41. Basicmap.php?lon=-65.68105000000001&lat=26. Basicmap.php?lon=-71.15785&lat=21. The #moon seems so far away sometimes. #YearInSpace. #GoodMorning #Durban, #SouthAfrica! #YearInSpace. Gorgeous orange-y sunset on the Grasslands now! Snap by #bisoncam fan Pansy. Day 241. Bedtime comes with an open arm. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace.

New Video Explains the Earth’s Age Through a Cross-Country Flight. Storm over Tucson, Arizona - Photograph via John Forrey. What Prince Charles gets wrong – and right – about climate change and conflict in Syria. Is Prince Charles right to connect climate change to Syrian conflict and terrorism?

What Prince Charles gets wrong – and right – about climate change and conflict in Syria

Yes and No. In an interview with Sky News, recorded before the Paris terror attacks, Prince Charles suggested there was a direct link between climate change, the Syrian conflict and, ultimately, terrorism. The heir to the British throne said there was: Very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria was a drought that lasted for about five or six years, which meant that huge numbers of people in the end had to leave the land because water ran out, their crops failed and so on.

And increasingly they came into the cities, already full of Iraqi refugees. He then called on the public to deal with the problem causing it: climate change “because the conflict very often comes from movement of people as a result of not being able to survive”. Right and wrong There is indeed significant evidence that the 2007−2010 drought in Syria was made worse by climate change. Thanks Alberta for increasing #ClimateAction w/ new plan - great leadership ahead of #COP21. Pinterest. Pinterest. Edinburgh Scotland, Edinburgh and Scotland. The Kelpies. The Kelpies are 30 metre high horse head sculptures, standing next to the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk, Scotland.

Day 240. Nighttime falls softly over #CostaDelSol and #FrenchRiviera. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace. The man KNOWS of what he speaks .... he has been saying it for 40 years and people called HIM "mad"!