Monday, November 15th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Twenty percent of the Port of Murmansk will be sold in an auction in 2011. According to the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, a 20 percent stake of the port will be sold in an auction next year. Read More
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
SWEDISH SPACE CORP – ESA’s Earth-observing satellite Envisat has moved to a lower orbit in order to conserve fuel and extend its life by three years. This means three more years of satellite operations at the ESA Satellite Station at Salmijarvi, 38 km east of Kiruna, in northern Sweden. Read More
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
ARAB NETWORK – Eng. Abdulqadir bin Ahmed al Hadad, Deputy Head of Dhofar Municipality and member of Oman Environmental Services Holding Company’s Board pointed out that awarding this vital project by the government, represented by the company comes to complete efforts targeting the protection of public health aspects in the community. Read More
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – At least one in five of the companies using the largest amounts of waterin the world is already experiencing damage to their business from drought and other shortages, flooding, and rising prices. The wide scope of commercial problems posed by growing pressure on global water supplies and changing weather patterns is revealed by a survey of the
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
Millions more people across Asia will become food insecure due to increased water scarcities, reinforcing the need for greater efficiency in both irrigated and rain-fed rice production. “The food security of hundreds of millions of people will be adversely affected,” Robert Zeigler, director-general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) told IRIN on the sidelines of
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
KLIMA BURO – The North German Climate Atlas informs about the current state of research on the possible future climate change in northern Germany. The Climate Atlas is designed for interactivity. The representation for model users shows where individual climate calculations are by range. Read More
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
U SOUTHAMPTON -A team of students representing the University of Southampton has won the Southern regional heat of a national enterprise competition. School of Ocean and Earth Science postgraduate students Mahadji Bahi, David Owsianka and Victoire Rerolle, along with visiting student Alex Beaton of the University of Bristol will get the chance to show off their skills
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
NORWAY POST – The contract is for Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and site preparation, with the option at ExxonMobil’s discretion to subsequently provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. The contract value for Aker Solutions’ share of the FEED and site preparation is USD 70 million. The Hebron Field is an oil
Friday, November 12th, 2010
GSA – The GSA has published a highly anticipated GNSS Market Monitoring report, providing key information in support of entrepreneurship in the satellite navigation sector. GNSS market forecasting is of great interest to private and public GNSS stakeholders, for business and strategic planning and policymaking. According to the new GSA report, the market for GNSS
Friday, November 12th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – The European Union’s executive has called for a trillion-euro investment in the bloc’s infrastructure to meet growing demand this decade, and to overcome the inefficient legacy of separate national grids: Read More
