Monday, December 6th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – With each year that passes, the global population becomes increasingly reliant upon the Internet and its sparkling array of downloadables. In the context of climate change, that growing dependency has prompted calls for the major players in cloud computing and big data to watch their carbon steps. Read More
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
CNN – Russia’s space agency is investigating the failed launch of three navigational satellites, the agency reported Sunday. The satellites were meant to complete the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system. But they went into a “non-targeted orbit” following their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday afternoon, the Federal Space Agency reported. Read More
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori began full services Saturday on the extended section between Hachinohe and Shin-Aomori stations in Aomori Prefecture. The extension enables people to travel the 675 km between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori stations in about three hours and 20 minutes, about 40 minutes less than before. The full service came
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The UN climate talks in Cancún were in danger of collapse last night after many Latin American countries said that they would leave if a crucial negotiating document, due to be released tomorrow, did not continue to commit rich countries to emissions cuts under th Kyoto Protocol. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (Alba) group
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
Morocco enjoys “considerable solar radiation,” that should be developed, French expert on energy policies aiming to mitigate climate change, Pierre Radanne, said. “Morocco enjoys considerable solar radiation,” which allows for meeting energy needs and exporting as well, Radanne told MAP on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Mexico. This resource which Morocco enjoys, would
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
In Gabon, West Africa, the forest cover spans 210,000 square kilometres, or 70 percent of the total land area. It is hard for field researchers to get an overview of the situation and the frequent cloud cover in the tropics hinders observations from the air. Researchers at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena are studying
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The German Federal Government adopted a new space strategy at its cabinet meeting on 30 November 2010. The paper defines the fundamentals of how the high-technology space sector is to develop over the next few years at a national level and in so doing, how it must respond to changing political and societal conditions on
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – “The central government has insisted that urban transportation be given as much attention as basic infrastructure, said municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade, speaking to TOI from New Delhi after a workshop on urban transportation organised by the central government. “Multi-mode transport is being implemented in growing cities and we have to bring this home
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket will deliver three Glonass-M satellites into the orbit on Sunday, completing the forming of the global navigation system, a representative of Russian space agency Roscosmos has said. The rocket will blast off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 03:25pm local time (10:25 GMT), he said. Read More
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – New automated weather stations could boost Ethiopia’s fledgling agricultural insurance schemes, expanding the use of payouts triggered by abnormally low rainfall and reducing costly visual verification of yield losses. Read More
