Saturday, February 5th, 2011
EU backing for zero-energy buildings has given the German construction industry a boost. As materials become less expensive, the passive house, a German invention, is likely to become a more common sight. The German government wants to reduce the energy demand for heating by 20 percent by 2020. From that year on, all new buildings
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Scientists at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences have found in a pilot study that it is possible to use heat-sensitive cameras mounted on agricultural machinery to detect animals in the field. This will benefit both farmers and wildlife. Read More
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Coalition MPs are coming under intense pressure to vote down government plans to dispose of 258,000 hecatres (ha) of English forestry estate. Three Conservative and four Lib Dem MPs rebelled and voted with Labour on Wednesday night in a Commons forestry debate. A further seven coalition MPs abstained and many others spoke but did not
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Denmark’s flat landscape will soon no longer prevent people from doing some downhill skiing. Thanks to a clever design, a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Amager district will also serve as a ski slope, reports Politiken newspaper. Read More
Friday, February 4th, 2011
EU leaders meeting in Brussels are discussing the conditions for expanding Europe’s internal electricity market. In an interview, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger of Germany discusses his vision for Europe and proposes what might be a surprising method for financing the ambitious project. Read More
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Ministers are expected to adopt a vision, goals and targets for Europe’s forests and address ways to strengthen cooperation on sustainable forest management in Europe. In this context, they will consider opening negotiations on a legally binding agreement on forests and their management in Europe. Read More
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Currently, centers of space monitoring are up and running at more than 30 universities in Russia. Operating as stand-alone entities these centers face the need to tackle similar problems. In particular, the universities have to address to the Russian Federal Space Agency to get licenses for data reception and processing. Read More
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Fresh on the heels of a series of crippling floods that began in December 2010, and a small tropical cyclone, Anthony, this past weekend, the northeastern Australian state of Queensland is now bracing for what could become one of the largest tropical cyclones the state has ever seen. Read More
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Warmer summers may paradoxically slow down the speed of glaciers flowing towards the sea, suggests new research. This investigation, using data from ESA’s oldest environmental satellite, has important implications for future estimates of sea-level rise. Read More
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development, or SCPRID, initiative is being supported by the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department for International Development; India’s Science and Technology Ministry and Council of Agricultural Research; and the US Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read More
