Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Scientists studying ancient mud samples taken from the bed of the Dead Sea separating Israel and Jordan have warned that the fragile political situation in the Middle East will be made worse by the intense water shortages their study is predicting. Sediment cores drilled about 900ft down in the centre of the Dead Sea’s muddy basin
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The thousands of 2011 extreme weather records broken in all 50 states will be detailed for the first time in a new interactive mapping tool and year-end review from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The Norwegian Fisheries Minister, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, says she is pleased that the new agreement gives Norwegian fishermen an extra quota of cod. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The stream of news from Japan has dwindled, and the sensational imagery that had once gripped the world has lost its hold. An organization known as the Nagasaki Archive works to counter the fading impact of such watershed historical events through the creation of interactive, digital maps. Starting with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki over
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The multidimensional concept of sustainability has been integrated as a central aspect of contemporary urban planning and policies in various ways across the Nordic Countries, Europe and beyond. Although a kind of definitional consensus could have been developed in the meantime, emphasising the integration of economic, social and environmental issues in a cross-generation perspective, the
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The BBC News website’s crash map, which shows all recorded deaths on Britain’s roads between 1999 and 2010, has been enormously popular. As a result, we have received hundreds of emails asking a range of questions. Here are the answers to some of the most frequent. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
HTML5 is becoming a key component for Web and mobile developers as it helps them create applications that can be run on more platforms, hence, increasing the exposure of their software. However, the lack of standardization is driving many to stick to native programming languages until the Web specification is finalized in 2014. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) will henceforth plan and execute development projects in the entire 6,000-7,000 hectare area in Rajarhat, which was earlier under the now-dissolved Bhangor Rajarhat Area Development Authority (Brada). Hidco top brass is scheduled to hold a meeting on December 14 to take stock of the situation in the area
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Negotiations in Durban are likely to solidify a pay-to-preserve plan for forests. But proponents of the Yasuni initiative claim this is not enough. Can an expanded framework compensate countries better? Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Negotiations in Durban are likely to solidify a pay-to-preserve plan for forests. But proponents of the Yasuni initiative claim this is not enough. Can an expanded framework compensate countries better? Read More
