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Nasa’s Swot satellite will survey millions of rivers and lakes.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Dec 18, 2022 | Water-related News

BBC News reported in the Science section that the American space agency NASA has launched a Swot satellite that will survey millions of rivers and lakes – it is believed that’s expected to transform our view of water on Earth. Swot’s going to give...

Dr Bezak served as Guest Editor in the journal Land on the Impact of Extreme Weather on Land Degradation and Conservation.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Dec 14, 2022 | Publications, Water-related News

Dr Bezak is one of the three Guest Editors of a Special Issue on the Impact of Extreme Weather on Land Degradation and Conservation in the journal Land. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 April 2023. The details of this special issue are given here.

Dr Bezak serves as Guest Editor in the journal Applied Sciences on Environmental Hydrology.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Dec 14, 2022 | Publications, Water-related News

Dr Bezak is one of the three Guest Editors of a Special Issue on Environmental Hydrology in the journal Applied Sciences. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 20 June 2023. The details of this special issue is given here.

Umarjevo poročilo o produktivnosti 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Dec 9, 2022 | Sustainable Development News

Urad Republike Slovenije za makroekonomske analize in razvoj (UMAR) je objavil Poročilo o produktivnosti 2022, v katerem ugotavlja: Slovenija po produktivnosti in večini njenih ključnih dejavnikov postopno napreduje, a se strukturno, v smislu prehoda v inovacijsko...

Palazzo Zorzi Declaration of UNESCO science–related Chairs and Centers from South-East Europe and the Mediterranean.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Dec 7, 2022 | Higher Education News, Water-related News

The First Regional Meeting of Science-related UNESCO Chairs and Centres in South-East Europe took place on 26-28 October at the UNESCO Regional office in Venice, Italy. As one of the key outputs of the meeting, the Palazzo Zorzi Declaration was adopted by all...

Paper published in the International Journal of Geo-Information on “Classification of Floods in Europe and North America with Focus on Compound Events”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 23, 2022 | Publications

Link to a published open-access paper in the International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022, 11, 580, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11120580. Open access publication, pdf is available here.
UN-Water Joint Message on Groundwater

UN-Water Joint Message on Groundwater

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 22, 2022 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

At the request of UN-Water, the UNESCO IHP Secretariat, as the host of the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater, has the pleasure to share with you a letter signed by the Chair of UN-Water and ILO Director-General, Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, presenting the “UN-Water Joint...
EUTOPIA Week at University of Ljubljana.

EUTOPIA Week at University of Ljubljana.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 19, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

The University of Ljubljana is hosting the EUTOPIA Week from November 21 to November 25. The UNESCO WRDRR Chair will present the 3-year on-going project ULTRA, dedicated to the sustainable development of the University of Ljubljana – the presentation under the...

Danube Conference in Vienna, Austria, 21-23 August 2023 – Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 November 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 11, 2022 | Water-related News

The next Danube Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 21 – 23 August 2023. The invitation for the Extended Abstracts as a pdf file is available here. Please, submit your abstract...
GIN – Common Information Platform for Natural Hazards in Switzerland.

GIN – Common Information Platform for Natural Hazards in Switzerland.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 5, 2022 | Water-related News

The Common Information Platform for Natural Hazards (GIN) combines all available data on natural hazards in Switzerland in a user-friendly map application. It provides a solid foundation for identifying natural hazards early and mastering them successfully. The GIN...
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