2014 State of the Climate: Highlights | NOAA Climate.gov
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).
CiarĂ¡n Quinn, Research Support Librarian & Librarian for the Research Institutes, Maynooth University. ciaran.quinn@mu.ie
Friday 17 July 2015
Thursday 9 July 2015
Metrics: how to handle them responsibly
Metrics: how to handle them responsibly
Amid concerns about the growing use – and abuse – of quantitative measures in universities, a major new review examines the role of metrics in the assessment of research, from the REF to performance management
Amid concerns about the growing use – and abuse – of quantitative measures in universities, a major new review examines the role of metrics in the assessment of research, from the REF to performance management
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