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Daily Archives: July 17, 2015

International report confirms: 2014 was Earth’s warmest year on record

NOAA, Climate markers continue to show global warming trend – July 16, 2015:  “In 2014, the most essential indicators of Earth’s changing climate continued to reflect trends of a warming planet, with several  markers such as rising land and ocean temperature, sea levels and greenhouse gases ─ setting new records.  These key findings and others can be found in the State of the Climate in 2014 report released online today by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The report, compiled by NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate at the National Centers for Environmental Information is based on contributions from 413 scientists from 58 countries around the world (highlight, full report). It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space.”

Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2015

UK Institute for Fiscal Studies – Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2015. Chris Belfield, Jonathan Cribb, Andrew Hood, Robert Joyce.July 2015. “Average incomes are edging up slowly after falling sharply after the Great Recession. Income inequality has fallen back to levels last seen one or two decades ago. Relative poverty is lower… Continue Reading

Optimal Design and Defense of Networks Under Link Attacks

“Bravard, Christophe and charroin, liza, Optimal Design and Defense of Networks Under Link Attacks (July 1, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2631443 “Networks facilitate the exchange of goods and information and create benefits. We consider a network composed of complementary nodes, i.e., nodes that need to be connected to generate a positive payoff. This… Continue Reading

NY Fed – The Effect of the Strong Dollar on U.S. Growth

Liberty Street Economics – Mary Amiti and Tyler Bodine-Smith – “The recent strengthening of the U.S. dollar has raised concerns about its impact on U.S. GDP growth. The U.S. dollar has appreciated around 12 percent since mid-2014, rising against almost all of our trading partners, with the largest gains against Japan, Mexico, Canada, and the euro area. There was… Continue Reading

Library Trifecta: Collaboration, Innovation, and Empowerment

OCLC – “In this presentation, Senior Program Officer Roy Tennant discusses how collaboration with other institutions, innovation in both technologies and services, and empowerment of the communities libraries serve are necessary for libraries to succeed. Roy gave this presentation at the 2015 GIL Users Group Meeting on 14 May. GALILEO Interconnected Libraries, or GIL, is… Continue Reading

UK surveillance report affirms privacy concerns

The Guardian: “Privacy campaigners have secured significant concessions in a key report into surveillance by the British security agencies published on Tuesday. The 132-page report, A Democratic Licence To Operate, which Nick Clegg commissioned last year in the wake of revelations by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, acknowledges the importance of privacy concerns. “Privacy is… Continue Reading

Digital help filing your FOIA request

Storybench: “A recent Gallup poll reaffirmed what we already know-the public’s trust in the media keeps sinking. So what’s a committed reporter to do? One answer is to take advantage of the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, to request public records to bolster one’s story. Agencies at the local, state and federal level produce thousands of records every day, most… Continue Reading