Monday, December 12th, 2011
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Helsinki City Planning Committee is thought likely to give its blessing to the principles according to which it will be permissible in the future to build high-rise buildings in the city. However, the Committee will not be making any far-reaching decisions on the matter, as it will be just recorded
Monday, December 12th, 2011
It hardly ever rains in the Peruvian capital of Lima, which is surrounded by desert. With less than one centimeter of rainfall per year, the city’s population of nine million depends on glacier water from the Andes. But now the glaciers are melting at the same time as Lima‘s population is growing. It’s expected to
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Russia could become a full partner in a planned U.S.-European Mars exploration project, a European Space Agency (ESA) spokesman has said. The Space News International website quoted Franco Bonacina as saying that senior NASA, ESA and Russian space agency Roscosmos officials have agreed to continue talks on the issue. Read More
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Digital communications have witnessed a relatively new phenomenon over the last year – the advent of e-readers such as the Kindle and the iPad. Allan Biggar looks at how business has led the game in online publishing. Read More
Monday, December 12th, 2011
At the UN climate summit in Durban, China has signalled for the first time that it could sign up to a binding global agreement on CO2 emissions. Indeed, fighting climate change will be impossible without the future superpower on board. Taking a green approach to economic development could bring China massive benefits — if Beijing
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The limited corridors in which civilian planes are permitted to fly is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry as it expands, the head of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) said. The observation comes as UAE aviation authorities study the redesign of UAE airspace to accommodate more flights and strike a flurry of open-skies
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The company SDS-Ugol is behind the aquisition of a controlling stake in the Port of Murmansk. With the aquisition of 63,5 percent of the shares in the Russian Arctic port, the coal company SDS-Ugol secures full control of the maritime hub, the second biggest in Northwest Russia. Read More
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Excavation of the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu by archaeologist Hiram Bingham. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking study of wild chimpanzees. The pioneering exploration of the deep sea by Jacques-Yves Cousteau. All the legacy of National Geographic grants. Read More
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
New records have been added to the MEDIN Data Discovery Portal since the last edition of Marine Data News now taking the total number of searchable records to over 2300. Latest additions include those added by the British Oceanographic Data Centre covering a range of physical, chemical and biological oceanography.
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Two intrepid Geo Professionals from Astun Technology, Managing Director, Mike Saunt and Matt Walker have spent the last month developing the latest Open Source technology the ‘Geotache’. This ground breaking work involves precise manipulation of the facial platform. The result is a highly detailed digital terrain model of the upper lip area, certain to frighten
