Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
From UNEP’s contribution to the UN’s ‘International Year of Forests’ to the rapidly evolving analysis of how to catalyze a global transition towards a Green Economy, 2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012. Read More
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Municipality of Recanati in Italy selected SuperGIS Server 3 Value Edition to integrate and distribute large spatial data to multi client users. SuperGIS Server 3 is designed to create, manage, and share various GIS resources across an enterprise via Web effectively.
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
To better predict the health of ocean fish stocks, a team from the University of Malta and the European Commission Joint Research Centre statistically compared ocean color values from satellites with values collected in the field. Surface runoff from land can affect ocean fish stocks by inhibiting the vitality of chlorophyll in phytoplankton – the basis
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Vestas has received a wind power order for 17 wind turbines V112-3.0 MW turbine for a wind farm in Poland. Vestas has received an order for 17 units of the V112-3.0 MW wind turbine for Poland. The wind power contract comprises supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines as well as a 12-year service
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
This work deals with the applicability of a star photometer to retrieve precipitable water vapor (W) at night-time by means of direct irradiance from stars using a 940 nm narrowband filter. Retrievals are assessed with simultaneous data from a Raman lidar system and linked with day-time values from a sun photometer using measurements taken from
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
To enhance coastal resources and develop livelihood of coastal communities, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) region 2 has institutionalized the implementation of the integrated coastal resources management project (ICRMP) to 12 participating local government units of Cagayan. The project was implemented in the marine corridor of Cagayan, which was identified by the Philippine
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Gecko Systems is a Finnish technology company that has taken an out-of-the box approach to location based services and markets. Instead of thinking of the obvious (which by Nordic standards usually means Western markets, USA, etc.), they have turned east towards Russia and their solutions, namely Glonass, a competitor to the GPS (Global Positioning System).
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
International oil services group, Norway’s Aker Solutions is about to open North America’s most advanced drilling equipment simulator in Houston, Texas. The simulator will be available to rig operators with the objective of making offshore drilling operations safer and more cost effective. Aker Solutions is investing USD 2.5 million in the new state-of-the-art drilling equipment simulator, which will
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Which are the high-growth segments/cash cows and how is the market segmented in terms of applications and materials? What are market estimates and forecasts? Which markets are doing well and which are not? Where are the gaps and opportunities? What is driving the market? Which are the key playing fields? How is the competitive outlook
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
A model has helped shed light on how human-started fires shaped Africa’s landscape, researchers report. Before human activity became widespread, most fires were caused by lightning strikes during the continent’s wet seasons, they said. As the human population expanded, more fires occurred during the dry season, triggering a shift in the impact of fires on Africa’s ecology,
