Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
A pioneering test of a climate “tech fix” planned for October faces a six-month delay as scientists discuss the issues it raises with their critics. The test is part of the UK-based Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (Spice) project. It would use a balloon and a kilometre-long hose to spray water into the upper
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Ministers will today discuss plans to merge the three provinces of Noord-Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland into a single entity, the Volkskrant reports. The merger plan is notable because it does not include Zuid-Holland – home to both Rotterdam and The Hague, the paper says. Read More
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Sovcomflot has estimated the price-tag for the LNG-tankers needed. At the SevTEK exhibition in Murmansk this week, both the Governor and a Shtokman Development official said the construction of the onshore facilities in Teriberka will start in May next year. Read More
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
China has reached another milestone in its space exploration programme. On 29 September, it sent into space an unmanned experimental module called “Heavenly Palace”, a forerunner of the country’s plan of creating a 60-ton orbital station by 2020. The Chinese module weighing more than 8 tons will remain in space for about two years. The major
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The advent of Web 2.0 made available techonologies and services such as blogs, social networking, Wikis and RSS/XML feeds that allowed many users to the create their own content and share it through simple and freely available tools. The shift to a user-generated content paradigm on the web fostered changes in sharing and analyzing geographic
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Worries of a potential volcanic eruption have prompted Spanish authorities to evacuate residents and tourists on one of the Canary Islands. Thousands of tiny tremors have recently intensified, with the biggest one reaching a magnitude of 3.4, they said. The seismic activity indicates magma on the move. Read More
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Nokia today announced plans to take additional actions to align its workforce and operations. The measures support both the execution of the company’s strategy and the savings target the company announced earlier this year, and also target to bring efficiencies and speed to the organization. Earlier this year, Nokia announced changes primarily focused on aligning its
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The 8th International Weather Forum is set to open in Paris, France. The five-day event offers exhibitions and educational workshops to visitors on the subjects of weather and climate, energy, environment, water and space. Read More
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
LightSquared, a company struggling in a political battle to build a nationwide wireless broadband network using GPS frequencies, said it has signed an agreement with Javad GNSS to develop a system that will eliminate all interference issues for high-precision GPS devices. The company said the Javad GNSS system could be adapted to work with high-precision GPS
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
The International Arctic Forum which finished in Arkhangelsk last Friday did not bring big sensations. The main points of the ambitious Russian Arctic program were rather well-known long time before. Construction of new ice-breaking fleet secured by 20 billion rubles of state funding during the nearest 3 years; launch of powerful space satellite systems for Arctic
