Monday, November 15th, 2010
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) enables organizations to report green house gas (GHG) emissions and their strategies for addressing climate change. 3,000 organizations in 60 countries report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies through the CDP. Read More
Monday, November 15th, 2010
This document outlines suggested best practices for producing visualizations of civil engineering projects created in AutoCAD Civil 3D® 2011 or 2010 software, using either Autodesk® 3ds Max Design 2011 or 2010 software with the Autodesk Civil Visualization Extension. The Civil Visualization Extension contains Autodesk Dynamite VSP™, a plug-in that runs inside Autodesk 3ds Max Design, helping streamline the process of
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
Thanks to a unique joint initiative by observatories, research institutes in and around Europe a broad set of seismological data is becoming available. Within NERIES, the seismic portal has been developed as a single point of access to diverse, distributed European datasets, and is now, after an experimental phase, available for general use at www.seismicportal.eu The
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
The Stevens GOES HDR (high data rate) Transmitter (Model GHT) provides access to the NOAA/NESDIS GOES Data Collection System (DCS) and the EUMETSAT / METEOSAT Data Collection System for Stevens or third party data loggers and sensors deployed in environmental monitoring and data acquisition applications. Read More
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
“Geohazard Supersites” is a an initiative in the sprit of GEO, providing access to spaceborne and in-situ geophysical data (multi-sensor SAR, GPS, seismic, etc.) addressing earthquake, volcano, and other hazards. The space component of the initiative is led by ESA and NASA; easy access to Earth science data will promote their use and advance scientific
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has secured a contract with Eneco, one of the leading energy companies in the Netherlands to deliver accurate wind forecasts for the Dutch energy provider’s onshore and offshore locations. This service will allow Eneco to better anticipate changing conditions and adjust planning when necessary. Generators of wind
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Oceanographers worldwide, united in the Partnership for the Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) – where VLIZ represents the Belgian marine scientists – and the organisation ‘Oceans United’ will plead on the GEO Plenary and Ministerial Summit for a more systematic monitoring of the state of our global oceans. By means of recent and innovative
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
A three day ship-based multibeam training course, organized within the EUROFLEETS programme, and with an instructor from Kongsberg Maritime, will be held in Bergen, Norway on board R.V. G.O. Sars. from the 25th to the 27th January 2011. This practical ship-based training course will allow technicians and scientific personnel to acquire the practical skills necessary
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
The Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM) has committed to participate in the above competition. As required by the World Road Association (PIARC), a National Level Competition will be held for the participation of interested Malaysians. As such, the rules of the competition will be in tandem with those set by PIARC. Read More
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Framed by the scenarios, the use of monitored data, model results and qualitative estimations contributed to the assessment of the impacts on the North Sea ecosystem services and related economic opportunities. A further step of integration was the merge of the DPSIR framework and the ecosystem services approach, which assisted in drawing connections between sea
