Thursday, June 30th, 2011
A new book from Esri Press, Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook, explains the methods, tools, and processes needed to apply full-scale GIS analysis to a spatially based problem. Readers are guided through a hypothetical project of selecting a suitable location for a park near the Los Angeles River in California. The premise for the project
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The latest issue of Law, Culture, and the Humanities contains several articles relating to legal geography, space, and territorialization. Law joins, of course, a variety of other disciplines in taking this “spatial turn.” Read More
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Abu Dhabi will play host to a high-profile international environment conference in December. The Eye on Earth Summit is being organised by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (Ead) in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (Unep). The event, which runs between December 12 and 15, will focus on improving society’s access to environmental data. “For all of
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Witnesses said the sudden movement around 200 miles out to sea caused the tide to suddenly shift by 50 metres, creating walls of water. The change in air pressure also generated static that left onlookers’ hair standing on end in the extraordinary environmental events earlier today. There were even reports that the conditions caused fish to leap
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Brasilian José Graziano da Silva was named the new Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the first South American to take that role. He has vowed to tackle food-price volatility. Read More
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Urban farming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is providing a livelihood for thousands of city dwellers, with vegetables bringing in good money for small growers and helping to alleviate high levels of malnutrition nationally, agricultural officials say. The demand for vegetables and the high prices they command in DRC cities – up to US$4
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Intentional and targeted large-scale interventions in the climate system that aim to reduce global anthropogenic warming is known as geo-engineering. Some of the well-known examples of it are spreading sulphur aerosols into the atmosphere and ocean fertilisation. How viable are these options? The UBA has information on the risks, possible assessment criteria, legal frameworks, and issues some
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Around 800,000 years ago – just when humans learned to make fire – lost the little kiezelwiertje Neodenticula seminae from the North Atlantic. Recently the microscopic algae back with a vengeance, carried by currents from the Pacific through the Arctic ice cover due to sharply decreasing in the Arctic.
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The crew was informed that the space debris fell near the station and can leave the Soyuz, said a source quoted by the Russian space agency, adding that the debris had fallen to 250 meters the ISS. The six occupants of the International Space Station (ISS) (three Russians, two Americans and one Japanese) were evacuated
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The board of directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group has approved new finances worth $716.7 million for new development projects in member countries. The board met here Tuesday on the sidelines of the IDB annual conference. IDB President Ahmed Mohamed Ali said the meeting approved two projects worth $98 million in Bangladesh, a $91 million
