Monday, December 5th, 2011
The cabinet is cutting too much money from the budgets for public transport in Rotterdam and The Hague, the cities’ mayors Achmed Aboutaleb and Jozias van Aartsen say in an interview with Friday’s Volkskrant. The minister is planning to spend €1.1bn reducing traffic jams but at the same time is cutting 20%, or €45m, from The Hague’s
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the White Continent’s underbelly – its rock bed. Called simply BEDMAP, this startling view of the landscape beneath the ice incorporates decades of survey data acquired by planes, satellites, ships and even people on dog-drawn sleds. It is remarkable to think that less than 1% of this rock
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Participants of an international meeting at the German Federal Environment Agency, Berlin in September 2011: Noting that soils are the basis for life on earth, and that food, feed, fibre and bioenergy production as well as the entire terrestrial biodiversity directly depend on them, Further noting that soils are inter alia the medium of plant growth,
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
NAVTEQ announced today that development of navigation and location-based solutions in Argentina recognized a boost with the release of the latest NAVTEQ map of Argentina providing coverage for all Argentinean cities with a population greater than 5,000. Additionally almost three fourths of the population has access to map data that has had the map’s road
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
November is officially the driest since records began in 1906 with just nine millimetres of rain, the KNMI weather bureau said on Wednesday. The previous record of 11 mm dates from 1920. In an average November some 82 mm of rain hits the Netherlands. The KNMI says the cause is an area of high pressure above
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has insisted that plans to cut Britain’s carbon emissions are on track. In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne said he was worried about the impact of “endless social and environmental goals” on businesses. Read More
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
This year’s season on the Northern Sea Route was special in many ways. Not only was the route accessible about one month longer than usual, but is also had the highest number ever of vessels in transit from Murmansk to another country. According to operator of the nuclear icebreaker fleet Rosatomflot, 34 vessels have sailed the
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
The OBR forecasts clearly highlight the challenges facing the UK economy over the next couple of years. A central assumption of GDP growth of just 0.7 % will result in unemployment rising in 2012 to its highest level since the mid 1990s; which clearly represents a significant threat to the real estate sector. There are of
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
The European Commission has proposed a €7 billion earmark to complement the two large European satellite programmes: Galileo and EGNOS. If successful, the funding will help complete the EU satellite infrastructure, and exploit the systems to their fullest benefit by 2020. As this is an EU prerogative, the funds will be diverted into two agencies: the
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
The spacecraft, after being separated from the rocket, was placed in its designated orbit. The new satellite will join a constellation of 30 GLONASS spacecraft already in orbit of which 23 are operational. Read More
