The weather picture was decidedly different in the U.S. on Monday. The National Weather Service warned of"life-threatening cold"as wind chills dropped to minus 50 Fahrenheit in parts of Montana and minus 60 Fahrenheit in parts of North Dakota. The temperature in Bismarck, North Dakota on Mond...
Richard Sandor was asked to deliver a paper at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 by UNCTAD. He realized that there was another commodity far more important than any physical commodity or regional pollutant, which was the atmosphere. The atmospheric balance could be restored if ...
Rio de Janeiro is a bustling and modern beachfront city, with something for tourists to see and do on and off the sand 12 months out of the year. Weather wise, December through March (Brazil's summer months) and September through November (spring in Brazil) means temperatures in the 70s ...
(2014), who demonstrated that even short-duration rainfall events, when intense, can significantly increase susceptibility in mountainous regions. In Petrópolis, the concentration of landslide occurrences during periods of intense precipitation underscores the importance of incorporating real-time weather ...
In 2009, the city of Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games (Rio 2016). For this event, the Brazilian government, in partn
the city’s improvement works contributed to aggravating the air quality in Rio de Janeiro since it was possible to observe a decrease in the particulate matter after the Olympic Games, despite weather conditions. In addition, the results suggested that diesel fuel burning mainly formed NO3-, sinc...
Like it’s predecessor, the acclaimed ‘Joia!’, this album is a collection of songs sung in Welsh combined with distinct pop and South American flavours drawn from Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Samba and Tropicalismo styles, recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Caernarfon and London. ...
One of the journalists said, What are you going to do about the weather, Paul? I gave it a straight face and said, It will clear up. Which sent them off giggling while they wrote their notes. And that evening, when it had been pissing down all day, ten minutes before we went on ...
not a reason to postpone the Olympic Games since the month of celebration was August, which was winter in Rio, a time when vector-borne diseases were at minimum risk. Moreover, the spread had most likely already occurred during Carnival, when Zika activity in Rio de Janeiro was at its ...
severe weather events, natural disasters and terrorism; changes in tax laws and uncertainty in their application; changes in the payment model for RELX products; competitive factors in the industries in which RELX operates and demand for RELX products and services; failure of third parties to ...