Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
ESA’s cloud, aerosol and radiation mission, EarthCARE, is about to enter its Detailed Definition Phase (Phase C). As part of this development process, ESA has released a call for Mission Advisory Group members for the mission. Applications can be made via the following website:http://missionadvice.esa.int.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Environment Minister Richard Benyon today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: As part of the Government’s commitment to implementing in full the provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act, we are creating a network of national protected areas in British seas to ensure our underwater wildlife flourishes in years to come. We are clear that
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
On 10th anniversary, international plant genetics treaty funds new projects. Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of the international treaty to protect and share plant genetic
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Turkey is ready to share water with all of Cyprus in the event of a solution to the island’s division, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said yesterday. A link providing Turkish water to Turkish Cyprus will be ready by 2014, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said, adding that that water would suffice the entire island. Read More
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
UK broadband speeds drop by an average of 35% from their off-peak highs when most people are online in the evening, according to a report. The research, conducted by the comparison site Uswitch, was based on two million broadband speed tests. Read More
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography will make information about the real estate transactions it handles public and publish the average price for real estate in every region. The agency, known as Rosregister, spent 52 million rubles ($1.72 million) to create the new service, which will be launched before the end of the month, the register’s deputy director, Sergei Sapelnikov, told Vedomosti. Read More
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
The Galileo program is Europe’s initiative for a state-of-the-art global satellite navigation system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. The fully deployed system will consist of 30 satellites and the associated ground infrastructure. The Galileo program is managed by the European Union and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) for a
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Shortly before the 2009 UN climate summit in Copenhagen, many companies got into green. The summit was expected to lead to new regulations restricting greenhouse-gas emissions. Dozens of chief executives came to see history being made and to be seen on the right side of it. But Copenhagen was a flop. Most firms turned their
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
By 3 January 2012, we will have installed 188 signals, 80 sets of points and a new level crossing on the routes from Sittingbourne to Minster via Ramsgate, and Faversham to Buckland Junction (near Kearsney) via Canterbury East. The old 1950s system of levers, bells and pullies to control signals and points will have been replaced
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty which launches today with its first project in Nicaragua, empowers individuals in developed countries to tackle both climate change and global poverty. COTAP.org transparently connects individuals’ carbon footprints with accredited forestry carbon projects in least developed countries which create meaningful and measurable economic benefits for the poorest people in the world.
