Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Gulf of Maine Atlantic salmon has been on the endangered species list for nearly ten years, and the population has not shown signs of recovery. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) is partnering with the University of Maine (UMaine) for a groundbreaking research project to shed light on why the number of salmon returning to Maine
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
IRISH TIMES – Madam, – Aris Venetikidis’s new maps of public transport in Dublin are absolutely brilliant! (“Capital idea imagines new way forward”, Home News, August 30th). But isn’t it extraordinary that it takes a foreigner to come up with such an idea, rather than Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann, given that such maps have long
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – It used to be that farmers were concerned about the health of their fields as a whole. New technologies now enable them to care for plants on an individual basis. From fighting fungus to adjusting soil acidity, smart tractors can do it all. Read More
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Miranda Gold Corp. announces that a helicopter airborne magnetic survey has started over its Pavo Real project in the Tolima Department of Colombia. Miranda’s exploration funding partner at Pavo Real, Red Eagle Mining Corporation (“Red Eagle”) has a contract with MPX Geophysics, Ltd. to complete the survey. The survey goals are to identify intrusions and
Monday, August 30th, 2010
What do the Amazon peccaries, the African hippos and the North American bobcats have in common? According to a new web-based, research tool of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), they are among the top ten mammal species being sustainably traded around the world for their skins.
Monday, August 30th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – The number of hotspots, visible in infrared light and possibly indicating wildfires, grew from 121 to 131 on Sunday, the fires.kosmosnimki.ru website receiving data from two NASA satellites said. The number of wildfires, which stood at 400-500 in early August, has been gradually decreasing in the past weeks amid a cold spell
Monday, August 30th, 2010
NEW STATESMAN – The UK’s tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has said that it will launch reverse value-added tax (VAT) charges for carbon emissions trading from 1 November, replacing a zero tax rate put in place in July 2009 to check fraud. As per the proposed implementation of a reverse charge accounting mechanism,
Monday, August 30th, 2010
ST PETERSBURG TIMES – Buckwheat disappeared from some St. Petersburg stores this week as prices for a number of basic food items in the city grew by an average of 12 percent in August. The reasons behind the shortage are not only the drought, which has damaged many crops in Russia this summer, but also
Monday, August 30th, 2010
A workshop organised to explore forestry and bio-energy for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems – GEOSS. Organised in association with IEEE, ICEO OGC, and ISPRS. Read More
Monday, August 30th, 2010
If everything begins with an idea and knowledge is the foundation of all progress, libraries will continue to play an important role in development, especially in the age of knowledge and knowledge-based societies. Dramatic changes in digital technologies, in fact, have had transformative implication for the libraries of the future and the way we manage
