Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Almost a quarter of the European Union’s citizens have never used the internet, according to official research. The survey of 16- to 74-year olds by statistics agency Eurostat suggests 24% have never gone online. It said that was an improvement on the 42% figure reported in 2006. Romania topped the list, with 54% of its inhabitants classed
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The storm surge affecting the English Channel on the 12-13 December was captured by a tide gauge on the Dart Estuary, Devon. The gauge is operated by oceanographic equipment manufacturer, Valeport. The data was telemetered and disseminated by the on-line publishing system, Port-Log.net (see image). The storm surge increased high waters levels to up to
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The water balance was in deficit by more than 10% throughout the country, with peak deficit of over 25% in Charente, Dordogne and Aveyron. Read More
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The first kilowatt hour from the offshore wind farm at Sheringham Shoal has been delivered to the UK grid. The wind farm owned by Norway’s Statoil and Statkraft will be completed next year. Out at sea, off the coast of Norfolk, England, the contours of Statkraft and Statouil’s new major initiative is rising from the sea. Read
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Governments at the UN climate talks in Durban agree on a package of measures to sustain current global efforts to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and to conclude a new agreement with legal force that would involve all countries in averting the threat of dangerous global climate change. In addition, the agreement on a Green
Monday, December 12th, 2011
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Helsinki City Planning Committee is thought likely to give its blessing to the principles according to which it will be permissible in the future to build high-rise buildings in the city. However, the Committee will not be making any far-reaching decisions on the matter, as it will be just recorded
Monday, December 12th, 2011
It hardly ever rains in the Peruvian capital of Lima, which is surrounded by desert. With less than one centimeter of rainfall per year, the city’s population of nine million depends on glacier water from the Andes. But now the glaciers are melting at the same time as Lima‘s population is growing. It’s expected to
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Russia could become a full partner in a planned U.S.-European Mars exploration project, a European Space Agency (ESA) spokesman has said. The Space News International website quoted Franco Bonacina as saying that senior NASA, ESA and Russian space agency Roscosmos officials have agreed to continue talks on the issue. Read More
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Digital communications have witnessed a relatively new phenomenon over the last year – the advent of e-readers such as the Kindle and the iPad. Allan Biggar looks at how business has led the game in online publishing. Read More
Monday, December 12th, 2011
At the UN climate summit in Durban, China has signalled for the first time that it could sign up to a binding global agreement on CO2 emissions. Indeed, fighting climate change will be impossible without the future superpower on board. Taking a green approach to economic development could bring China massive benefits — if Beijing
