Friday, November 5th, 2010
BUSINESS NEWS – Russian regions will be see a network of service centers. These centers will check and provide services, maintenance and repair of the GLONASS / GPS-equipment. Read More
Friday, November 5th, 2010
BRICKHOUSE SECURITY – The two German satellites, TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X, will fly slightly apart in a helix motion and record how long it takes for a signal to reach earth and then bounce back to the satellite. The satellites don’t invade anyone’s privacy and only capture geographical data such as where there are mountains, ditches, oceans,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
PHYSORG – Using Google Earth, Bing Maps, and active fieldwork, a UCD Geography PhD student has catalogued the trees between the Grand and Royal Canals in Dublin’s city centre. This is the first time a comprehensive survey of trees in the city centre has been completed. The survey findings published in Irish Geography show over 10,000 trees
Friday, November 5th, 2010
GHANA NEWS – The Akosombo Hydro Electrical Dam yesterday experienced the highest water level of 277.33 feet since 1974. The rise is the highest as compared to 276.00 feet in 1974 and 275.20 feet in 1991 with the lowest level of 234.00 feet occurring in 2007. According to Mr. Kwesi Brenu Amoako, Director of the Hydro Generation Plant,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
SCOTLAND GOV – The buildings are 60 per cent self-sufficient, using renewable energy from two on-farm wind turbines, and include a public room where visitors can learn about Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF). Other developments on the farm include a mile of new hedgerows and the creation of species-rich grassland to improve local biodiversity, and water margins
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Even as Berlin demands that developing countries preserve their rainforests, the country is doing little for biodiversity back home. Bogs and marshland in Germany are increasingly yielding to corn farming — resulting in the release of huge quantities of CO2. Read More
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
CSIRO – A major CSIRO breakthrough in wireless technology designed to bring broadband to people living beyond the optical fibre network, will be unveiled in Sydney tomorrow. Read More
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Spanish energy group Iberdrola Renovables will begin to install wind turbines in its 80 MW wind farm project in Mihai Viteazul, Constanta county in 2011. The Spanish company has stated it plans to develop up to 50 wind parks in Romania with an installed power capacity which could total 1,500 MW. In the long-term this would require
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
HURRIYET TURKEY – Istanbul’s municipal authorities will cooperate with Turkey’s Transport Ministry on the construction of a third airport in Istanbul that will surpass the volume of the country’s largest current airport, the city’s mayor told daily Milliyet last week. Read More
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
KHALEEJ TIMES – ‘Fate of the World’ puts the Earth’s future in players’ hands, placing them in charge of an international environmental body which could save the world from the effects of rising greenhouse gas emissions or let it perish by continuing to rely on emissions-heavy fossil fuels. Through different scenarios, players can explore options such as
