Ms. LaCroix, the association's spokeswoman, said that the federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta have reported a 70percentt increase in asthma cases in the United States since 1982, in part because of inadequate or poorly maintained climate-control systems in homes, schools and workplaces.
"It was a difficult place" for maintaining climate controls and public access, said Donna Hassler, Chesterwood's director.
But NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher told Science that the "White House is committed" to maintaining climate measurements over the long haul.
The modeling of Quaternary climate provides an opportunity to understand the balance of processes that maintain climate and its sensitivity to perturbation.
In an indoor plant factory, a forced convection based ventilation and circulation system is used to control the growing environment and maintain climate uniformity.
"My experience with this makes me skeptical of claims for turnkey, user-maintained climate data".
When not driving, truck drivers need to idle their engines to maintain climate control within the truck cab (interior), as well as provide electricity for appliances.
Hospitals are among the most energy intensive buildings in industrialized countries, using more than two-thirds of total energy consumption to maintain climate control and indoor air quality (IAQ).
In contrast, the extensive savannas of eastern Africa have been maintained through climate, fires, and grazing and support an extraordinary diversity of migratory animals that have evolved to use different parts of the ecosystem.
Currently kite-skiing through the unforgiving, icy terrain of Antarctica, I have maintained a climate neutral expedition through a combination of excellent planning and sheer willpower.
Animals were maintained in climate chambers (Sanyo incubator MIR-253), in which air was filtered and light was provided by cool fluorescent lamps.
