Current Environmental Science Events
Environmental science has become one of the premier media-friendly sciences over the last few decades. It is a science that thrives on symposiums, conferences, and of course media coverage. Te pressing environmental issues like green house emission and global warming nowadays share the media limelight along with global terrorism and sub-prime crisis in United States. There are a plenty of academic and industry-level conferences in the field of environmental science. In this article, details of some of the events related to environmental science to be held in the months of July and August in 2008 are provided.
The global conference on Global Warming will be held in Dedeman Hotel at Istanbul, Turkey, on July 6-10, 2008. The contemporary issues and the relevance of new findings regarding global warming will be discussed elaborately in the conference.
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North West Science and Technology has led to many cutting edge scientific breakthroughs, such as Britain’s first aeroplane, the birth of the first test tube baby, splitting the atom, and the world’s first computer. Science and Technology is continuing to develop rapidly in this region, and many global brands, ranging from medical research to military aircraft have significant research and design facilities in the North West. Over 25% of the region’s £106 billion economy comes from Science and Technology companies.
1. North West universities play a key role in Science and Technology, and have a combined turnover of over £1.2 billion, almost 1% of the region’s total economy. Leading companies, including those in the Aerospace Business, automotive supply and manufacturing companies, nuclear energy and medical research are closely linked to North West universities. More than 50,000 North West students graduate every year, including 25,000 with life science degrees. Over 69,000 science students are trained every year.
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