Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Golden Software, Inc., the leading developer of affordable scientific graphics software, announces the availability for Strater 3 and Voxler 3 users to purchase a full User’s Guide in PDF format. A full user’s guide has been one of the most frequently requested items of Strater and Voxler users. The guides are fully formatted and intuitively
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Thermal spots – probable fire blazes – are detected by satellites in different areas of South and North-Caucasus Federal Districts. Thermal spots are detected using MODIS sensors onboard Terra and Aqua satellites and analyzed based on detailed space images of SPOT 4, received at the Moscow UniScan™ station of ScanEx RDC ИТЦ on March 18-20.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Russia is joining the race to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest ocean crevice on Earth, famous explorer Artur Chilingarov has said. Chilingarov, the deputy head of Russia’s Geographic Society, is mostly associated with the Kremlin’s Arctic ambitions. He told a Moscow news conference on Monday that three design bureaus were working
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) have launched a joint call to strengthen the existing research links between the UK and China. Funding will be provided to facilitate bilateral co-operation between British and Chinese research groups in the research areas of healthy ageing populations, energy and food security.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
This week (19th March) sees the launch of ‘Energy Saver’, the new energy management solution from Landmark Information Group. Energy Saver has been specially designed to help organisations reduce their energy costs through more effective management of existing energy supplies. The simple, full-service solution can, on average, help companies reduce expenditure on energy by 20%.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
The energy-saving light bulb ends up as hazardous waste, too much insulation promotes mold and household drains are emitting a putrid odor because everyone is saving water. Many of Germany’s efforts to protect the environment are a chronic failure, but that’s unlikely to change. Read More
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
NASA scientists are planning a complex and ambitious airborne science campaign: to probe a vast expanse of the Southeast Asian atmosphere from top to bottom at the critical time of year when strong weather systems and prolific regional air pollution pump chemicals and particles high into the atmosphere. Read More
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
At the Ortigas CBD New Mobility Mapping Workshop on Tuesday, participants from various sectors put their heads together to come up with ideas to improve mobility around the area. With the objective of creating more efficient, cost-effective, and eco-friendly transportation for everyone in Metro Manila, the workshop gathered together representatives from the government, NGOs, big businesses,
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Global soft commodity trading house and supply chain manager, Armajaro Trading Limited (“ATL”), is taking another important step to reduce its environmental impact and strengthen its commitment to being a responsible business leader. ATL, specialising in the sourcing and delivery of cocoa, coffee and sugar, has selected Greenstone Carbon Management to enable it to measure,
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Getmapping is providing a high performance WMS map data feed to the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences (IGES) at Aberystwyth University. The data includes OS Mapping, Getmapping high resolution aerial photography, colour infrared imagery, and elevation data. This comprehensive suite of data delivered via the Internet from Getmapping’s Data Centre is being used by
