Monitoring anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) and its emissions is a challenging but vital task to mitigate global warming. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Carbon Monitor collaborate to provide near-real time daily CO2 emission estimates for six activity sectors in the European Union and United Kingdom through the CAMS website. Carbon Monitor provides one
The artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has vivid memories of the coup that ousted Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana in 1966, when he was eight. His pan-Africanist father was an Nkrumah loyalist who “died in the upheaval”, he says. “My whole life changed — the innocence went.” Now 66, the Royal Academician, who was knighted this
HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Holland’s Christmas market is set to return for its 26th season. The Holland Friends of Art Kerstmarkt is a European-style outdoor market that features 21 vendors, who will sell handcrafted gifts. There will also be food: Visitors can buy mulled wine and traditional Dutch fare. The market, located at the 8th
Story Links TEMPE – Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye announced the addition of Isla McDonald-O’Brien to the Sun Devil Women’s Golf program on Signing Day. McDonald-O’Brien will arrive in Tempe from Shrewsbury, England, where she has emerged as one of the top junior golfers in Europe. She will be eligible to compete for
Jackson Park’s Golden Lady, a glistening replica of France’s 1893 Statue of the Republic, has for the past year towered over extensive construction in and around the park. As changes continue in Jackson Park, the Golden Lady stands as a memorial to the World’s Columbian Exposition. World’s fairs were once common, a combination of national
HARNES, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 8, 2023– Lineage, one of the world’s leading temperature-controlled industrial REITs and integrated solutions providers, officially opened its state-of-the-art facility in Harnes, France. The new facility has a footprint of approximately 17,000 square meters – equivalent to over three football fields – and strengthens Lineage’s network in France, offering a valuable gateway
Nonetheless, government suppression of free speech and control of culture indicate a concerning move away from human rights values. (NEW YORK) As Georgia advances a step closer to European Union membership, PEN America applauds Georgia’s civil society’s unwavering commitment to free expression and human rights. By remaining committed to their values in the face of
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Not a feather remains of the Arawak headdress which the seventeenth-century English novelist and playwright Aphra Behn brought back from a trip to tropical Suriname. Neither the turquoise of the tiny cotinga nor the obsidian of the toucan, the jade of the jacamar or
Footprint Center, the downtown Phoenix basketball arena that’s home to the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and concerts by the Jonas Brothers, Tool (who will return for two shows in 2024) and Rod Stewart, is within walking distance of at least 10 hotels. Suns fans will swarm the arena for home games throughout the NBA season,
CNN — Art history is filled with examples of the powerful and the wealthy communicating their status through portraiture. Not just sovereigns, but military leaders, aristocrats, and champions of industry. This is particularly true of Western art, at a time when European nations conquered land, peoples and commerce. But what of the conquered and colonized?