The 7th International CO2 Conference Web Site

Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Description: The Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with its nine Academic Units, currently constitutes an incontestable cultural, artistic, academic and technological resource. It reaches into almost every part of human kind�s academic research and teaching heritage, which are recognised as areas universities are fully endowed to serve. It has a strong tradition of work in areas of innovation, with corresponding outcomes in the economy, services, and in extra curricular training. It has established important protocols with its peers both nationally and internationally as well as with practically all meaningful institutions contributing to our daily reality as a nation, namely those belong to our cultural heritage, taking part in economic activity, health care or contributing to local government. This is a construction that, although it aims at being timeless, has, nonetheless, been the result of groups of people in many different areas of knowledge dedicating to achieving high levels of quality while pursuing in the search for knowledge so as to provide answers to society�s needs in the course of its evolutionary trajectory. In this journey through time and space, which involves us all, the Universidade Nova de Lisboa is conscious of its obligations and the responsibility it has taken on board to the society which it aims at serving.
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Universit� de Li�ge
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Universit� Pierre et Marie Curie - Science and Technology - Paris
Description: With 4000 researchers and teaching academics/researchers, and some 700 doctorates awarded on thesis work, 3000 postgraduate degrees and diplomas every year, UPMC stands as a unique university research center in both France and Europe, with 180 research laboratories including 130 working in association with prominent research bodies (e.g. CNRS and INSERM).
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University of Bergen
Description: Described as the "Gateway to the Fjords", the city of Bergen lies nestled among the coastal mountains in western Norway. In the 13th century, Bergen was the capital and the largest city in Norway. The city's role as a vital link within the Hanseatic league established it as an important international centre. Today its international focus is very much in evidence in the thriving maritime industry, as well as in other areas of commerce and also in its education and research institutions. The city has three university level institutions. During the academic year, there are around 25 000 students in Bergen, or about 10% of the city population. Bergen also has international renown as a City of Culture. It hosts an International Cultural Festival, Festspillen, every year in May.
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University of California, Irvine - Department of Earth System Science
Description: Understanding global environmental issues such as global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion and worldwide air pollution requires the cooperation of scientists across many disciplines. Global change is projected to accelerate through the 21st century and will impact the ecosystems that preserve the habitability of the planet. The Department of Earth System Science focuses on the atmosphere, land and oceans - how they interact as a system - and how the Earth will change over a human lifetime. Founded as a Geosciences program in 1989 with current Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone as director, Earth System Science achieved department status in 1995. Less than a decade later, the Department of Earth System Science has earned a reputation as one of the most influential academic departments in the nation devoted to studying the Earth as a system.
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University of Delhi
Description: Established in 1922, the University of Delhi is one of the premier universities of the country and is known for its high standards in teaching and research. It offers courses at the Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels in most subjects. With a student strength of over 300,000, it is among the largest Universities in the world.
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University of East Anglia
Description: UEA admitted its first 87 undergraduate students – in English Studies and Biological Sciences in 1963.
People in Norwich had begun to talk about setting up a university in the city as long ago as last century, but it wasn’t until 1960, as the post-war 'bulge' generation was bringing about an expansion in higher education, that the Unive rsity of East Anglia finally got the go-ahead.
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University of Iowa's Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
Description: University of Iowa's Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research promotes interdisplinary research efforts that focus on the multiple aspects of global and environmental change, including the regional effects of natural ecosystems, environments, and resources as well as on human health, culture, and social sciences.
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University of Minnesota - Department of Geology and Geophysics
Description: The research and teaching facilities in the Department of Geology and Geophysics are among the best available anywhere. Some of these facilities are, in fact, found nowhere else in the world. Most of the department's offices and classrooms are housed in historic Pillsbury Hall. An extensive collection of rocks, minerals and fossils are available for both research and teaching purposes. Research laboratories are well equipped with modern instrumentation critical to graduate student education. Below you will find a listing of facilities utilized by the faculty and students in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
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University of New Hampshire
Description: The Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a multidisciplinary scientific research institute dedicated to understanding the integrated behavior of the Earth and its surrounding universe. Established in 1985, the Institute has become a world leader in the fields of space science, terrestrial ecosystems, oceanography, atmospheric science and global climate change.
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