NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts On Mars
Source: PR Newswire
Logo :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-05-15 12:37:52 -0700 | green-news
Researchers have identified 248 new impact sites on parts of the Martian surface in the past decade, using images from the spacecraft to determine when the craters appeared. The 200-per-year planetwide estimate is a calculation based on the number found...
'Urgent need' to remove space debris
Source: BBC
Léo :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-04-25 19:08:51 -0700 | green-news
Urgent need' to remove space debris Science correspondent, BBC News Many concepts are now being developed to grab hold of dead satellites in orbit There is now so much debris in orbit that the space environment is close to a...
Big Island small boat harbor project goes forward
Source: SF Gate
Kona :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-04-15 15:44:36 -0700 | green-news
Hawaii (AP) A Big Island project to improve Kawaihae's Small Boat Harbor is going forward after years of delays caused by environmental concerns. Delays occurred over the potential impact to coral and species listed under the Endangered Species Act, including...
NASA Imaging Sensor Prepares for Western Wildfire Season
Source: PR Newswire
Logo :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-04-11 11:15:57 -0700 | green-news
is a scanning spectrometer designed to help detect hot-spots, active fires, and smoldering and post-fire conditions...Vincent Ambrosia , principal investigator of the Wildfire Research and Applications Partnership project and a senior research scientist at Ames and California State University,...
Video: Mother coaxes baby giraffe into taking first steps
Source: The Globe & Mail
Léo :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-04-09 13:32:35 -0700 | green-news
Video courtesy of LEO Zoological Conservation Center) Published Tuesday, Apr. 09 2013, 3:54 PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Apr. 09 2013, 3:59 PM EDT On March 22nd, at LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Connecticut, Petal, a 6-year-old endangered Rothschild giraffe...
Earthquake-proofing Nepal's at-risk airport
Source: IRIN
Tia :: Burkina Faso | updated 2013-04-02 05:25:32 -0700 | green-news
The disaster would damage 60 percent of homes beyond repair and wipe out almost all roads, leaving the airport as the last lifeline to transport relief supplies...Emergency airport plan The plan defines the responsibilities of the country's civil aviation authority,...
Jeddah forum to highlight region?s green leap
Source: Arab News
Diana :: Burkina Faso | updated 2012-05-10 18:39:08 -0700 | political-news
Mar 11, 2012 01:11 The 3rd Gulf Environment Forum (GEF) 2012, which will be held in Jeddah later this month, will demonstrate the region's commitment to green economy. The Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) is organizing the forum under...
MOU for vocational education and ICT
Source: Fiji Times
Mou :: Burkina Faso | updated 2011-12-21 11:45:14 -0800 | political-news
T Serelisoni Moceica Friday, October 21, 2011 THE University of the South Pacific and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community will develop a framework for technical and vocational education and a regional framework on information and communication technology in Education...
Parliamentary Committee on Heavy Industries discusses Power Sector
Source: NewKerala
Mou :: Burkina Faso | updated 2012-11-01 21:21:48 -0700 | business-news
The Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises met here today with Power Sector on its agenda. The meeting was chaired by Praful Patel, Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
ISS sets record for constant manned spaceflight
Source: Russia Today
Lon :: Burkina Faso | updated 2010-12-25 20:15:22 -0800 | political-news
But cosmonauts and astronauts have been working on the ISS for longer than on the previous record-holding station MIR which was built by the Soviet Union...It hosted 28 long-term expeditions and clocked up 3641 days in zero-gravity, from September 8,...
Latvian capital surrenders to beaver invasion
Source: Russia Today
Lon :: Burkina Faso | updated 2010-12-07 05:01:18 -0800 | sports-news
Instead they will fence off endangered trees and supply the animals with lumber delivered from elsewhere. Latvia is facing rapid growth of its beaver population, which is now estimated at 150,000. Farmers complain about the dams they build and the...
Moscow’s waste problem emerging in absence of recycling
Source: Russia Today
Lon :: Burkina Faso | updated 2010-12-05 17:20:30 -0800 | political-news
LON) (MOW) Moscow's waste problem emerging in absence of recycling Published 05 October, 2010, 06:25 Moscow is the most populous city in continental Europe, and as such faces challenges of the similar scale -- even if they are hidden...
New shelter constructed over Chernobyl ruins
Source: Russia Today
Kiev :: Ukraine | updated 2010-11-23 16:03:12 -0800 | political-news
The New Safe Confinement is a 108-meter tall sliding arch structure, which will cover the existing sarcophagus, which had been hastily built as a temporary measure after the nuclear disaster in 1986. Unlike the old shelter, it will not be...
Russia’s brutal summer inspires green awakening
Source: Russia Today
Lon :: Burkina Faso | updated 2010-10-30 17:36:43 -0700 | political-news
LON) (MOW) Russia's brutal summer inspires green awakening Published 30 August, 2010, 17:24 Blame it on this summer's deadly heat wave or political brinkmanship, but Russian leaders appear more willing to provide space for green alternatives.
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