Finally what might be some good news on the “Climate Change” front – that Big businesses’ are having a climate meeting – and possibly working towards trying to “out-green” each other. Maybe competition isn’t such a bad thing after all…
George Monbiot has posted an article discussing this, interesting reading.
Posted on Thursday 11th January 2007 in Politics, Science tagged climate change, news, UK, with no comments.
Coal Mining Causing Earthquakes
The most damaging earthquake in Australia’s history was caused by humans, new research says. The magnitude-5.6 quake that struck Newcastle, in New South Wales, on December 28, 1989, killed 13 people, injured 160, and caused 3.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage. [National Geographic]
The article goes on to talk about carbon sequestration [...]
Posted on Sunday 7th January 2007 in Engineering, Politics, Science tagged climate change, construction, Engineering, environmental, future, landfill, natural-disaster, news, Politics, recycling, UK, with no comments.
I wish I had found this earlier, but I will be reading back though all the previous entries on Anousheh Ansari Space Blog which offers a unique and incredibly interesting insight into the journey of a Space Tourist. The posts are of a really interesting nature, and written in a lucid and enjoyable format.
Two quotes [...]
Posted on Tuesday 26th September 2006 in Science tagged ISS, Links, space, technology, with no comments.
A sharp silhouette of spaceship Atlantis and the International Space Station, a mere spot against the mottled yellow mass of the Sun. NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for 21 Sept. is somewhat surreal, and difficult to believe that it is a real photograph.
I’m not sure whether I am most amazed by the fact we [...]
Posted on Sunday 24th September 2006 in Science tagged ISS, Links, Photos, Science, shuttle, Sol, space, with no comments.
There seems to be a flurry of astronomical events occurring at the moment, some really interesting scientific missions, to further explore the universe around us. The space race may have ended, but there is certainly still activity out there.
Yesterday’s dramatic end to the European Space Agency SMART-1 mission to monitor the Moon’s surface came [...]
Posted on Sunday 3rd September 2006 in Science tagged mars, moon, Science, space, space_elevator, with no comments.
