Friday, October 15th, 2010
HURRIYET TURKEY – Turkish and Chinese companies will jointly construct high-speed train lines in Turkey, Turkish State Railways, or TCDD, Director General Süleyman Karaman said Friday. In an agreement signed between China and Turkey last week, China will grant loans for the construction of a Silk Road Railway of high-speed train lines between Edirne and Kars. Read
Friday, October 15th, 2010
MASDAR – Joining a global call to action, more than 150 members of the Masdar community took part in the International Day of Climate Action for the second straight year to raise awareness about climate change and the dangers of excessive carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Organized by 350.org, the annual worldwide rally connects communities
Friday, October 15th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – In the bitterly cold darkness more than a thousand kilometers above the Arctic Circle, a team of Russian scientists on Friday inaugurated a floating research station that will be home to 15 researchers for up to a year. Strong winds blew snow across the ice as the Russian flag was raised above the Severny
Friday, October 15th, 2010
NORWAY POST – Norwegian adventurer and polar explorer Børge Ousland and his friend Thorleif Thorleifson are back in Norway after having completed an Arctic voyage through both the North East and the North West Passage. They have written a new chapter in Polar History, after being the first to complete such a voyage in one season. Read More
Friday, October 15th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – After years of work deep under the surface of the earth, drilling on the Gotthard Base Tunnel is set to be completed on Friday. It will be years before the first trains roll through the 57-kilometer-long tunnel, but given the difficulties workers have encountered, it is a wonder they have come this far.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
POWER TRENDS ASIA – The Chinese government wants the Philippines to come up with an updated wind map identifying suitable areas for wind power projects in the archipelago. The Philippines is now studying the matter, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said Tuesday. For the Philippine wind map, China is willing to give a grant for
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
MSNBC – A volcanic plume of iron-laden ash from a 2008 Alaskan volcano eruption led to an unprecedentedly huge bloom of photosynthetic ocean plankton that fed off the ash, researchers have found. This natural phenomenon is much like a geoengineering scenario proposed by some researchers who want to fight global warming by spurring the growth
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Geo2web – She’s been the the vice president of search product and user experience at the search engine company Google, per Wikipedia. That article also notes she had much to do with the design of Google Maps, Google Earth, and other products. Read More
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Less than a year on from the release of data.gov.uk and open data sets, university offers classes around the country to those who want to do something with the data flood. Read More
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
NEW TIMES – Rwanda’s huge infrastructure gap particularly in areas of energy and transportation dampens private sector productivity and are a constraint to growth, a senior at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.This is in addition to higher transport, water and power costs that also are a major obstacle to economic development. Read More
