Thursday, September 1st, 2011
This means that the seismic vessel “Harrier Explorer”, which is chartered by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, will be operating alone in the area rest of the season. The weather conditions in the Barents Sea have been very good in the last months, and the vessel has collected data from 7000 kilometers of this year’s collection program,
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The small farmers in the former West Germany can’t keep up with the extreme efficiency of the often enormous enterprises in the former East Germany. The big farms in the east also have a much better deal when it comes to subsidies from the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Read More
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
A new experiment will assess the viability of storing carbon pollution underground by artificially creating seams of limestone. The India Times reported that the project will begin next month at Hellisheidi in south west Iceland, near Reykjavik Energy’s geothermal power stations. If it is successful, the carbon dioxide pumped down into the basalt rock will turn into
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The famine in the Horn of Africa has put some 12 million people at risk of starvation. Though it’s one of the worst droughts in the region for decades, the reasons for it aren’t new. Rising populations, worsening soil erosion and extreme weather have created huge pressures on agriculture. People are using agricultural land much more intensively
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
A state chapter of MAPPS, the association of private sector geospatial firms, was announced today at the GIS in the Rockies conference in Denver, CO. Speaking at the conference, MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello and Gary Outlaw, Merrick & Company (Aurora, CO), the first President of CO-MAPPS, said the chapter will, “Promote the significant cluster
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
FM:Systems today announced continued global expansion, signing on partners Precision Design Solution in Malaysia, Geomap GIS America in Montreal, PX Engineering in Norway and Crown Systems in Singapore. This comes on the heels of FM:Systems’ recent partnership with Shanghai, China-based FacilityOne. Read More
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The Australian metropolis topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global livability survey of 140 cities, ahead of the Canadian city which dominated the rankings for almost a decade but is now third behind Vienna, the Austrian capital. Australian cities featured prominently in the top 10, with Sydney ranked sixth and Perth and Adelaide in joint eighth place, according
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The European Commission congratulates the International Maritime Organization and its Member States on this first and major achievement on a technical measure to limit CO2 emissions from international maritime transport – the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Design Index. It is the first globally binding measure to improve energy efficiency of new ships and limit CO2 emissions
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The bill for ignoring nature’s services may not be affordable if we don’t start paying now, says ‘total capitalist’ and environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev. ‘The belief that private financial markets can solve all our problems is the witchcraft of our age.” Those are not unusual sentiments to hear since the global financial turmoil began three years ago, yet
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
During the first half of 2011, the share of renewable energy sources used by Germans in their total energy mix grew to one-fifth — a hefty boost over 2010. It’s a small step toward Germany’s ambition to phase out nuclear power. Read More
