Thursday, December 15th, 2011
While its decks have been given a fresh coat of paint and heat resistant tiles installed the carrier is understood to be missing arrestor wires used to prevent jet fighters going into the sea after landing. But after an initial sea trial ended in uncertainty over how advanced the warship had become there is growing speculation
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Belarus is planning to launch a remote sensing satellite from the Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2012, the republic’s Academy of Science reports. The satellite will be launched together with a Russian-made one. Read More
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Caspian Sea is related to the category of partially freezing seas with shallow water northern part of the sea freezing every year. In 2011 the sea water temperature dropped below 00C in the first ten-day period of December and young ice formed near Volga river delta. Prevailing strong winds moved the ice edge from north-west to
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
A proposed rail link from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland to Kirkenes in the north of Norway has taken centre stage in discussions on upgrading the transport network in the Arctic region. The prospect of less ice in the Arctic Ocean through global warming means that the ocean could become more navigable. This would make it
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Almost a quarter of the European Union’s citizens have never used the internet, according to official research. The survey of 16- to 74-year olds by statistics agency Eurostat suggests 24% have never gone online. It said that was an improvement on the 42% figure reported in 2006. Romania topped the list, with 54% of its inhabitants classed
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The storm surge affecting the English Channel on the 12-13 December was captured by a tide gauge on the Dart Estuary, Devon. The gauge is operated by oceanographic equipment manufacturer, Valeport. The data was telemetered and disseminated by the on-line publishing system, Port-Log.net (see image). The storm surge increased high waters levels to up to
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The water balance was in deficit by more than 10% throughout the country, with peak deficit of over 25% in Charente, Dordogne and Aveyron. Read More
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The first kilowatt hour from the offshore wind farm at Sheringham Shoal has been delivered to the UK grid. The wind farm owned by Norway’s Statoil and Statkraft will be completed next year. Out at sea, off the coast of Norfolk, England, the contours of Statkraft and Statouil’s new major initiative is rising from the sea. Read
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Governments at the UN climate talks in Durban agree on a package of measures to sustain current global efforts to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and to conclude a new agreement with legal force that would involve all countries in averting the threat of dangerous global climate change. In addition, the agreement on a Green
Monday, December 12th, 2011
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Helsinki City Planning Committee is thought likely to give its blessing to the principles according to which it will be permissible in the future to build high-rise buildings in the city. However, the Committee will not be making any far-reaching decisions on the matter, as it will be just recorded
