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Author(s): A. Krishna Sinha, David Arctu

Publisher: --

Category: Geosciences

Date: 2011-10

Pages: 191

Language: English

ISBN-10: 813724821

ISBN-13: 9780813724829

Format: PDF

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The fusion of informatics technologies with geoscience-based data and tools signals a necessary change in the way we manage the future of our science. It has become abundantly clear that for data to be useful, it must exist without borders and allow scientists, educators, and decision makers to use it freely and easily. Although the goal appears to be simple, it is very complex in detail, and this volume is dedicated to the broader community who wish to participate in translating data into knowledge. This transformation will enable all of us who are interested in geoscience-based solutions to address signifi cant challenges facing society, such as sustainability of resources, urbanization, and climate change. In a recent report by the The Wall Street Journal (January 89, 2011), the CEO of General Motors, Dan Akerson, was quoted as saying, GM has to start acting like a consumer-driven, not engineering-driven company. Geoscience is no different we have to make our science societally relevant and user friendly, and not be driven solely by technology. Therefore, geoinformatics can be considered as an agent for making our data and products useful to the public at large. Contributors to this volume are recognized authorities in facilitating informatics-based solutions to global challenges, and are committed to expanding the role of geosciences by translating data into knowledge. The chapters in this volume cover a broad spectrum of research themes (presented alphabetically by primary authors last name), and provide the latest thinking that will infl uence ongoing and future research in the emerging science of geoinformatics. Fourteen research papers, co-authored by thirty-eight researchers from both geoscience and computer sciences, cover a spectrum of topics, which range from integrating sensor and satellite data to the need for interoperability through test beds and semantics. Other research topics addressed include strategic sustainability, international standards and collaborations, metadata, provenance, query optimization, and a discussion of the event bush method. This vast array of topics has one common themefacilitating the use of data and tools for the geoinformatics community to act as fi rst responders to societal challenges. This book follows an earlier publication Geoinformatics: Data to Knowledge (Special Paper 397) by the Geological Society of America in 2006, and is a testimony to GSA for its leadership role in supporting geoinformatics.










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Protection of Built Environment Against Earthquakes by Matja Dolek PDF

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Author(s): Matja Dolek

Publisher: --

Category: Geosciences

Date: 03.10.2011

Pages: 352

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9400714475

ISBN-13: 9789400714472

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Current knowledge and state-of-the-art developments in topics related to the seismic performance and risk assessment of different types of structures and building stock are addressed in the book, with emphasis on probabilistic methods. The first part addresses the global risk components, as well as seismic hazard and ground motions, whereas the second, more extensive part presents recent advances in methods and tools for the seismic performance and risk assessment of structures. The book contains examples of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete buildings, as well as some examples related to various types of infrastructure, such as bridges and concrete gravity dams. The book s aim is to make a contribution towards the mitigation of seismic risk by presenting advanced methods and tools which can be used to achieve well-informed decision-making, this being the key element for the future protection of the built environment against earthquakes. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers, postgraduate students and practicing engineers working in the fields of natural hazards, earthquake, structural and geotechnical engineering, and computational mechanics, but it may also be attractive to other experts working in the fields related to social and economic impact of earthquakes.

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The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate (Science Essentials) by David Archer PDF

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Author(s): David Archer

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Category: Geosciences

Date: 15.08.2010

Pages: 192

Language: English

ISBN-10: 691148112

ISBN-13: 9780691148113

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If you think that global warming means slightly hotter weather and a modest rise in sea levels that will persist only so long as fossil fuels hold out (or until we decide to stop burning them), think again. In The Long Thaw, David Archer, one of the world s leading climatologists, predicts that if we continue to emit carbon dioxide we may eventually cancel the next ice age and raise the oceans by 50 meters. The great ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland may take more than a century to melt, and the overall change in sea level will be one hundred times what is forecast for 2100. By comparing the global warming projection for the next century to natural climate changes of the distant past, and then looking into the future far beyond the usual scientific and political horizon of the year 2100, Archer reveals the hard truths of the long-term climate forecast. Archer shows how just a few centuries of fossil-fuel use will cause not only a climate storm that will last a few hundred years, but dramatic climate changes that will last thousands. Carbon dioxide emitted today will be a problem for millennia. For the first time, humans have become major players in shaping the long-term climate. In fact, a planetwide thaw driven by humans has already begun. But despite the seriousness of the situation, Archer argues that it is still not too late to avert dangerous climate change if humans can find a way to cooperate as never before. Revealing why carbon dioxide may be an even worse gamble in the long run than in the short, this compelling and critically important book brings the best long-term climate science to a general audience for the first time.

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