Monday, July 18th, 2011
Declining resources, climate change and growing urban populations will transform the cities of the future. But what will these urban centres actually look like? Building successful cities of the future or regenerating urban centres will require a harmonisation with natural surroundings and biodiversity. There has never been a more compelling time to consider how to bring
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Over the past few months I’ve been talking with many people passionate about Information Visualization who share a sense of saturation over a growing number of frivolous projects. The criticism is slightly different from person to person, but it usually goes along these lines: “It’s just visualization for the sake of visualization”, “It’s just eye-candy”,
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Forest Carbon projects are not quick and easy, and they are not cheap“, say private sector forest carbon project developers across Asia. How has the private sector engaged across the region? What have been the main challenges in different countries? What lessons have been learnt? We set about to investigate the private sector engagement & experience
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The global community must reach an agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and Russia will continue negotiations to that end, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. “Though the negotiations were held in a very tough manner, they were still unsuccessful. We will continue the talks, because I personally think that the global community should go
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The United Nations’ forecast of how quickly global sea levels will rise this century is vital in determining how much money might be needed to combat the phenomenon. But predictions by researchers vary wildly, and the attempt to find consensus has become fractious. Read More
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
The newly-appointed CEO of state-owned Bulgartransgaz company, a subsidiary of Bulgargaz, Kiril Temelkov will also be in charge of the Bulgarian firm for the realization of the Nabucco gas transit pipeline. Temelkov is going to serve temporarily as the head of Bulgaria’s “National Nabucco Company” until a suitable person is found to fill the position within the upcoming weeks, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH, the Nabucco consortium, announced Friday. Read More
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Psychology experiments showed that people presented with difficult questions began to think of computers. When participants knew that facts would be available on a computer later, they had poor recall of answers but enhanced recall of where they were stored.The researchers say the internet acts as a “transactive memory” that we depend upon to remember for
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Edmonton-based Synodon Inc. has won a $350,000 federal contract to use its realSens technology for remote sensing survey services to detect and measure naturally occurring methane seeps in the Canadian Arctic. The project will expand on a successful small scale survey completed in 2009 in conjunction with Natural Resources Canada, and will test the technology’s ability
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
European co-operation in education and science has netted Iceland ten billion kronur over the last 15 years, according to a University of Iceland source. According to Agust Hjortur Ingthorsson, the head of Research Services at the university, pan-European science and education funding has profited Iceland to the tune of ISK 10 billion (EUR 60 million) in
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
The Forestry Department has redoubled its efforts to limit the loss of Jamaica’s forest cover at a time when the preservation of the precious natural resource is deemed critical, given the reality of a changing climate as well as its economic value. “The Forestry Department’s aim is to ensure there is minimum loss of forest cover
