Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is seeking to appoint an Executive Director to serve as its chief executive officer based at the Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, as of 1 November 2010. Please go to http://www.iufro.org/news/article/2010/08/10/iufro-seeks-new-executive-director/ for the full announcement of the position which is based on secondment or a specific donor grant.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
“The building design, construction and infrastructure industries must improve productivity, while at the same time completing complex projects on time and at or under budget,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions on a recent visit to the UK. He was speaking at a time when a string of big-name contractors and
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
NASA — Even as Muscovites choked under a blanket of thick smoke in the first week of August 2010, concentrations of a colorless, odorless gas spiked to dangerous levels. A product of fire and a component of smoke, carbon monoxide is among the pollutants that wildfires spread across much of western Russia. This image, made
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Trimble announced today that British Gas, one of the world’s leading energy companies, will be implementing Trimble’s GeoManager™ solution across its smart meter fleet. British Gas, a current Taskforce™ and GeoManager customer, will be deploying GeoManager to the smart meter business to realize the full benefits of integrated vehicle tracking to manage operations. “British Gas
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Alberta announced Tuesday it has teamed with the government of British Columbia to develop a new forecasting system that will provide more advanced notice of anticipated smoke resulting from forest fires. The Blue Sky Western Canada Smoke Forecasting system combines information related to burning wildfires, such as location and size, with weather forecasts, said Alberta
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Industry and climate change organisations have criticised government plans on reducing emissions as ‘too vague’, according to analysis from Alva, the corporate reputation analysis company. July’s review of traditional and social media also identified that future private sector investment in the programme is dependent on Ministers developing a more rigorous policy framework. “Despite the
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Shale forms the great majority of the geology of western Sydney. For the most part, west of a line through Pitt Town, Kellyville, Parramatta, Ashfield, Canterbury, Heathcote and Campbelltown, the soils are formed on Wianamatta Shales. Shale also occurs on the ridge capping the North Shore and out to Castle Hill. In the early days
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Natural Resources Canada, in partnership with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and PrioraNet Canada Inc., celebrated today the opening of the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF). This new facility will have the capabilities of receiving near real-time scientific information from orbiting satellites over Canada from coast to coast to coast.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Envisat has been observing a rare event in the Arctic since early August – a giant iceberg breaking off the Petermann glacier in North-West Greenland. Read More
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The UN-climate negotiations in December in Copenhagen did not achieve the desired success. However, at least several advances were made that can help to reach a legally binding agreement. This analysis examines the negotiations in Copenhagen as well as their results. Highlighted are lessons we can learn from these experiences and how we can move
