Friday, July 1st, 2011
The volume of annual runoff of almost all of Russia’s rivers will be substantially affected by global climate change, the Emergencies Ministry’s Natural Disaster Center said. Owing to the expected shifts in temperature and rainfall amounts, the annual runoff of rivers located in the Central and the Volga federal districts will change significantly by 2015 –
Friday, July 1st, 2011
Statoil has signed two agreements for the sale of the major part of Statoil’s onshore wind power activities in Norway, enabling the group to focus more of its efforts on offshore wind projects. Statoil, through its subsidiary, signed an agreement for the sale of Statoil’s 50% stake in Sarepta Energi as to Trønder Energi Kraft AS. Another
Friday, July 1st, 2011
An action plan to drive forward Scotland’s renewables revolution, and to meet this Government’s world-leading green energy targets, was launched today by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. The Renewables Routemap outlines the necessary steps needed to capitalise on the enormous economic potential of Scotland’s green energy capacity and to meet ambitious targets, including supplying 100 per cent
Friday, July 1st, 2011
Consumers opting for the EU-regulated “Eurotariff” will pay no more than 35 cents per minute for calls made and 11 cents per minute for calls received while abroad in the EU. This is the last in the series of regulated price cuts under the current EU Roaming Regulation, which expires end June 2012. Read More
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
A new book from Esri Press, Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook, explains the methods, tools, and processes needed to apply full-scale GIS analysis to a spatially based problem. Readers are guided through a hypothetical project of selecting a suitable location for a park near the Los Angeles River in California. The premise for the project
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The latest issue of Law, Culture, and the Humanities contains several articles relating to legal geography, space, and territorialization. Law joins, of course, a variety of other disciplines in taking this “spatial turn.” Read More
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Abu Dhabi will play host to a high-profile international environment conference in December. The Eye on Earth Summit is being organised by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (Ead) in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (Unep). The event, which runs between December 12 and 15, will focus on improving society’s access to environmental data. “For all of
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Witnesses said the sudden movement around 200 miles out to sea caused the tide to suddenly shift by 50 metres, creating walls of water. The change in air pressure also generated static that left onlookers’ hair standing on end in the extraordinary environmental events earlier today. There were even reports that the conditions caused fish to leap
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Brasilian José Graziano da Silva was named the new Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the first South American to take that role. He has vowed to tackle food-price volatility. Read More
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Urban farming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is providing a livelihood for thousands of city dwellers, with vegetables bringing in good money for small growers and helping to alleviate high levels of malnutrition nationally, agricultural officials say. The demand for vegetables and the high prices they command in DRC cities – up to US$4
