Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
They are in fact remote-controlled floating weather and atmosphere data monitors. These controlled meteorological balloons, or CMETs, are light enough to drift with the wind, tracking how fast and in which direction pollution drifts in the lower levels of the atmosphere. For the first time, they survived ice-laden clouds for a total of 80 flight hours
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The enormous concrete shells are as tall as a house, and they were designed to listen for enemy aircraft in the 1920s and 30s. Pre-World War II acoustic experiments led to some extraordinary architecture — and to a remarkably effective technology which ultimately succumbed to the invention of radar. Read More
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The Netherlands is unlikely to achieve EU emissions standards by 2015, according to a report published on Tuesday by the national environment assessment agency PBL and the ECN energy research centre. The report estimates the country will achieve roughly 50% of the EU standard in nitrogen emitted by traffic, industry and energy companies and in ammonia
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
“Emergency managers need to decide and act quickly during a crisis,” said Alex Miller, president, ESRI Canada. “GIS helps them make decisions confidently by allowing them to easily view all emergency incidents in their territory on a map and putting critical information at their fingertips. Manitoba Health’s COP application has revolutionized emergency management in the
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Engineering work has begun at a coal-fired power station in Essex that could turn it into the world’s largest biomass plant – burning wood pellets with almost no carbon emissions. RWE, the German owner of the Tilbury power station on the Thames, says it hopes to be ready to produce up to 750 megawatts of
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Yildirim Holding AS, a Turkish container port operator that owns 20 percent of France’s CMA CGM SA, has agreed to buy 50 percent of Malta Freeport Terminals from CMA CGM for €200 million, Bloomberg news agency has reported. The Malta port has a “seriously strategic location” for Yildirim’s port operations because of its proximity to France,
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Civil engineering, green architecture, urban planning, project and construction management, interior design, surveying, interior architecture and environmental science. China is determined to ensure proper management of its rapid urbanisation, much of which is being done by private enterprise. Its urban population has risen by 446 million over the past 30 years and is now increasing at
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
The Sierra Leone government has signed a $750 million (525 million euro) accord with energy company Joule Africa to complete a major hydro-electric power project, state television reported Monday. The Bumbuna hydro-electric project in the north of the country was launched in 1975 and stalled during Sierra Leone’s civil war, with phase one later completed in
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Geospatial data–including digital maps, imagery, and a variety of other digital files–are valuable resources for many different types of research, applications, and administrative functions. But unlike physical maps and documents, digital data can be difficult to reuse and preserve in the long run, because of changing software and formats, inadequate documentation, loss of media, and
Monday, May 30th, 2011
The ISPRS 2012 Congress in Melbourne, Australia, (25 August – 1 September) will introduce the use of electronic poster sessions to the ISPRS community. No longer will participants need to travel the world with cardboard tubes containing their paper poster. Read More
