New paper finds solar UV-B output is correlated to global mean temperature

Important article. The blog article provides links to the full paper and NASA UV-B data.

SOLAR ENERGY

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FREE SOLAR DATA FOR THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN CLICK HERE

What Causes Famine?

What Causes Famine? It doesn’t take a Mao or a Stalin.

Good article on the possibility of climate change-induced famine:  Click Here  We in Puerto Rico should be very concerned about famine in other parts of the world, since 80% of our food is imported.

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Years of Living Dangerously Premiere Full Episode

This is the first episode of a series on climate change produced by ShowTime. Excellent!

P.S. PR friends: The evangelical climate scientist, Katherine Hayhoe, interviewed in this episode, provided the global climate data used in a recently published study on seasonal impacts of climate change on ag water resources in Puerto Rico. Click here to download

The Rural Women Solar Engineers of Africa-Latest

Prepare to have your mind blown.

for website

Presentations:

Planificación de riego para ahorrar dinero, agua y energía

Eric Harmsen, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus.  Email: eric.harmsen@upr.edu

Presentation PDF

Diseño Preliminar de sistemas de riego por goteo

Ing. Eric Irizarry, Agricultural Engineering Extension Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. Email: eric.irizarry@upr.edu

Presentation PDF

Fertilizantes y su manejo en sistemas de riego por goteo

Dr. David Sotomayor, Professor, Department of Crop and Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. Email: david.sotomayor@upr.edu

Presentation PDF

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The workshop planning committee would like to thank the following entities for their support.

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Taller de Riego, Fortuna, Puerto Rico, Marzo 12, 2014

 
Click Here to view the video series.
 

Coloquio Poster 2014

Coloquio Agroambiental – Ciclo de Conferencias Feb – Mayo 2014