Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Annual negotiations to tackle climate change are again underway – this year amid a deepening financial crisis and the imminent expiry of the Kyoto Protocol. Click here for DW’s coverage of talks in Durban, South Africa. Read More
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Turkey’s leading underwater archaeology research center has discovered a large port facility in İzmir’s Urla district that is believed to date back to the archaic period between the 6th and 7th centuries B.C.“ It is the first time we have seen such a developed one,” Ankara University Underwater Research and Application Center (ANKÜSAM) Chairman Professor
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Scientists studying ancient mud samples taken from the bed of the Dead Sea separating Israel and Jordan have warned that the fragile political situation in the Middle East will be made worse by the intense water shortages their study is predicting. Sediment cores drilled about 900ft down in the centre of the Dead Sea’s muddy basin
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
For 12 years, GOES-11, one of NOAA’s geostationary satellites, tracked weather and severe storms that impacted the U.S. West Coast, Hawaii and the Pacific region. Today, NOAA began the process to deactivate the satellite, which is approaching the end of its useful life, and replace it with a new, more advanced spacecraft.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The Norwegian Fisheries Minister, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, says she is pleased that the new agreement gives Norwegian fishermen an extra quota of cod. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
HTML5 is becoming a key component for Web and mobile developers as it helps them create applications that can be run on more platforms, hence, increasing the exposure of their software. However, the lack of standardization is driving many to stick to native programming languages until the Web specification is finalized in 2014. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) will henceforth plan and execute development projects in the entire 6,000-7,000 hectare area in Rajarhat, which was earlier under the now-dissolved Bhangor Rajarhat Area Development Authority (Brada). Hidco top brass is scheduled to hold a meeting on December 14 to take stock of the situation in the area
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Negotiations in Durban are likely to solidify a pay-to-preserve plan for forests. But proponents of the Yasuni initiative claim this is not enough. Can an expanded framework compensate countries better? Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Negotiations in Durban are likely to solidify a pay-to-preserve plan for forests. But proponents of the Yasuni initiative claim this is not enough. Can an expanded framework compensate countries better? Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
To meet the challenges that exist both internationally and nationally, the Swedish Government wishes to make use of the opportunities offered by digitisation, and has therefore taken a decision on ICT for Everyone – A Digital Agenda for Sweden and proposed a new goal for ICT policy, that Sweden should become the best in the world exploiting the opportunities
