With discussions and presentations on important topics for Bulgaria – water management and climate change and water resources in Bulgaria, BAS is celebrating World Water Day – 22 March. The event, which continues tomorrow on the occasion of World Meteorology Day, is organised by the Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute at BAS. […]
Computer simulations of the climate on the territory of the Balkan Peninsula and the Black Sea region have been developed by scientists under the National Science Programme “Environmental Protection and Reduction of the Risk of Adverse Events and Natural Disasters”. As a result, regional climate databases have been generated for the periods 1975-2005 (current climate), 2020-2050 (near future) and 2070-2100 (far future). Simulations of future climates were made for the three commonly accepted global climate change scenarios: optimistic, stabilizing and pessimistic. A number of climate indices are calculated that assess the impact of a given past/present and/or future climate on the environment, human health, ecosystems and various aspects of economic activity. […]
The competition is a Bulgarian initiative (2005). It is organized by the Experimental Laboratory of Karstology (http://www.prokarstterra.bas.bg/lab/EN/index.html) of the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in partnership with Foundation Center on Karstology “Vladimir Popov”, Sofia. The competition is part of the original educational strategy ProKARSTerra-Edu developed under the auspices of UNESCO which aims innovative training and education for and through karst. The fifth edition of the competition is the Bulgarian participation in the International Year of Caves and Karst (IYCK) (http://iyck2021.org/index.php/events/), a large-scale global action of the International Union of Speleology (UIS). […]
“The ocean, our climate and weather” is the theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day. On this day, we celebrate the important role of science in the study of weather, climatic fluctuations and change. Research, both theoretical through the creation of models and technological through the creation and improvement of methods, instruments and programs for monitoring and processing information, defines the unifying theme of this day in 2021: “The ocean, our climate and weather.”. […]
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of BAS are organizing an international online conference "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Our Society". The conference will be held online from 10:30 to 13:00 on 20 November and can be followed in real time at the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/663461931007642. The lecturers are scientists, researchers and experts in the field from three European countries. The conference will be opened with greetings from the Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel and the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski. The purpose of the event is to increase the awareness of the general public, politicians, scientists and journalists about current [...]
The President of BAS - Prof. Julian Revalski, full member of the Academy, had a working meeting with Prof. Felix Unger, President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The meeting was held in BAS on 16 January 2020. One of the main activities of the European Academy has been holding of the Danube Academies Conference since 2011. In 2020, the Conference will be held in Sofia, and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will host the event on 15 and 16 October 2020. The topic will be related to climate research. The meeting was attended by Prof. Evdokia Pasheva, Scientific Secretary-General of BAS, and Corr.-Mem. Dimitar Ivanov, Scientific Secretary of division “Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology”. The Danube Academies Conference brings together all the national [...]
