Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Donald Kessler’s vision was a rather ominous one. Twenty years ago, the NASA consultant envisioned a scenario in which space junk blocked humans from traveling in space. The risk of colliding with such heavenly detritus, he argued, would one day make it too dangerous for astronauts. He warned that the number of hazardous objects could
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
The Squamish Nation and BC Parks signed two park management plans today marking their first collaborative achievement under the 2007 agreement for the management of protected areas in the Squamish Nation traditional territory. The celebratory signing recognized the completion of the Esté-tiwilh/Sigurd Creek Conservancy Management Plan and the Brackendale Eagles Park, Baynes Island Ecological Reserve
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
The literature surrounding the use of LiDAR, light detection and ranging, imagery can often be disjointed, vague, and impractical for its application in archaeological investigation. Wanting to utilize the available data, I became frustrated with the lack of literature that described a basic methodological approach to using LiDAR. The most common usage for LiDAR in archaeological
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
The research conducted in the article was for automatic vehicle navigation. Unintended lane changes are a major cause of traffic accidents. These accidents are responsible for 50% of all fatalities on American roads. If we could equip cars with sensors that warn the driver when a lane changes occurs, we could save lives and reduce
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
As geo-political tensions remain, the demand for drones is set to skyrocket in Asia, and that means new players will battle with industry giants for market share. “We’ve got quite a bit of interest from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, India,” says Bill Schaefer from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, a dominant player in the unmanned aerial vehicle
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Canadian National Railway Co. says it plans to invest $1.75 billion in 2012, slightly more than last year, to maintain and upgrade its rail network and fund growth and productivity initiatives. CN says more than $1 billion of its capital investment program will be used for track infrastructure, including replacement of rail, ties and other track
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Almost 10 international companies have applied to undertake a project to explore oil and natural gas off Mersin, a southern province on the Mediterranean coast, according to the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız. The exploration projects will be concluded soon, he said, at a meeting organized by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
European countries have to make drastic cuts to their carbon dioxide emissions to reach targets they have set themselves. Brussels is explaining why reducing CO2 makes sense for the environment and for business. Senior European Union leaders say nearly eliminating carbon emissions from Europe’s energy by the middle of the century may work out to be
Friday, February 17th, 2012
The environment is already affecting patterns of human migration. On the island of Hatia, along coastal Bangladesh, 22 percent of households have migrated to cities as a coping strategy following tidal surges. But we would be wrong to assume that our only concern should be for the millions of people who might try to leave areas
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Offshore wind cost reduction, natural gas and energy efficiency are some of the solutions that the EU could use in order to achieve its ambitious targets and boost its competitiveness in the energy arena, writes Anders Eldrup, chief executive of Dong Energy. Anders Eldrup is the chief executive officer of DONG Energy of Denmark. The following
