Saturday, February 12th, 2011
Once operational, the capability will provide Metop environmental data to US and European weather services twice as fast as they receive it today, since data will be dumped to ground for processing every half orbit, firstly over the existing EUMETSAT Svalbard ground station in the Arctic, followed by the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Read More
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
“Following the spending review we challenged local authorities to look again at the cost of proposed schemes to ensure we get maximum value for every pound we spend. The councils being awarded funding today have met that challenge by achieving a saving to the taxpayer of £45.5m on the original proposed costs. Read More
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The CNES balloon campaign 2011 has started and around 80 technicians and scientists are based at Esrange Space Center for several weeks to come. The campaign is divided into two parts and the first one will run until 17 February, while the second will run from 2 to 22 April. Read More
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
After a year devoted to biodiversity, the United Nations has turned its attention to forests. In Switzerland, trees cover more than 30 per cent of the country. Olivier Schneider, forestry engineer and expert in forest policy and conservation at the Federal Environment Office, says the year will help raise awareness of the problems facing the
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The 6th edition of the State of Play reports covers the period 2009 – 2010. This study has been conducted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, together with a group of International Experts. It also takes into account the first result of the Member States monitoring activities submitted to the EC in 2010 in compliance with
Friday, February 11th, 2011
The lack of market prices for ecosystem services and biodiversity means that the benefits we derive from these goods, which are often public in nature, are usually neglected or undervalued. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project is alerting policy makers, businesses and the general public to the pressing need to pay attention to
Friday, February 11th, 2011
He said the data would be placed on the Google Maps through the Geographic Information System (GIS) for analysis and better planning of health, education and other public services. Bajwa, as an example, showed satellite images of Multan, with GIS data, giving details of health services for the vast population. Read More
Friday, February 11th, 2011
The Russian president decided this week to move his whole country one time zone further east — something the British prime minister also wants to do, but faces stiff opposition over. Cameron has come under fire from traditionalists who despise giving up Greenwich Mean Time or GMT for “Berlin Time,” and from Scottish lawmakers who
Friday, February 11th, 2011
This paper is intended as a starting point for a wider debate and discussion about regeneration in the current climate. This is not an exhaustive review of regeneration policy but focuses instead on key challenges, opportunities and priorities going forward. Read More
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
A decade after heavy floods wrecked havoc in Southern Africa, the region is better prepared to monitor and respond to seasonal flooding. This is thanks as much to the growing strength of transboundary institutions as it is to technical improvements. Read More
