Tagged: Climate Change & News
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Rockefeller Foundation reveals US$100m resilient cities challenge News
14.05.2013 To coincide with its 100th anniversary, the Rockefeller Foundation is kicking off a US$100m project to forge a network of 100 cities around the globe in order to make such... -
ESA opts for Biomass satellite to measure Earth’s forests from space News
07.05.2013 The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the go-ahead for Europe’s next Earth-observing mission. Set to launch in 2020, the Biomass satellite will map and measure forests, as... -
We must continue to Europeanise our energy strategies – EU Energy Commissioner News
24.04.2013 “We must look beyond 2020 to come to a next level of binding energy targets up to 2030 and to agree common energy and climate change policies” – these were the words of the EU... -
Earth Day 2013 celebrated via animated Google Doodle News
22.04.2013 Earth Day is being marked all over the world today and Google is getting in on the action by featuring a colourful and interactive doodle on its homepage to mark the cycle of...Tags: Google, Climate Change -
Scientists converge in Cork to discuss space and maritime sectors News
18.04.2013 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) director of earth observation programmes Dr Volker Liebig is one of the key speakers at a two-day conference that kicked off in Cork this...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Investments, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
More CO2 emissions mean more turbulent air travel - study News
08.04.2013 If carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, air travellers are going to experience more turbulence more often and longer journey times, a new study has revealed. -
Climatologist’s journey from Dalkey to the Arctic - via the US Navy News
29.03.2013 The Arctic is a hub for climate change research, and Dr Gina Henderson, who is originally from Dalkey in Co Dublin, is looking at how snow and ice cover there could be affected... -
Why you should switch off your lights for Earth Hour (infographic) News
23.03.2013 At 8.30pm today, many people, organisations and landmarks around the world will observe Earth Hour by turning off their lights for an hour to raise awareness of the need to... -
Major landmarks to go dark for seventh Earth Hour tomorrow (video) News
22.03.2013 Thousands of people around the world are expected to join landmarks and go dark for Earth Hour tomorrow, to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. -
Clean-tech investor George Polk covers financing at energy efficiency event News
01.03.2013 Wicklow was the setting for an energy briefing today whereby Irish companies showcased their technologies to help lower energy consumption and in which delegates heard about... -
Climate change gathering to take place in the Burren this weekend News
14.02.2013 More than 60 participants, including Harvard professor Daniel Schrag, who is an adviser to US President Barack Obama, will be meeting in the west of Ireland this weekend to... -
Landsat satellite launches to monitor Earth’s changing landscape News
12.02.2013 Described as one of the most important space launches of 2013, the latest Landsat mission hurled into space yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Landsat... -
European Commission launches contest seeking climate change solutions News
11.02.2013 The EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has launched a new low-carbon contest and is calling for entries from individuals and organisations behind projects that aim...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Energy, Education, Economy -
The thin green line – reforestation could hold back deserts and cool our planet News
01.02.2013 At first it sounds like science fiction – planting a green wall of trees in Northern Africa to hold back the expansion of the Sahara desert. But the way Marie Noelle-Keijzer,... -
Scottish government to invest stg£1.14bn to tackle climate change News
29.01.2013 The Scottish government has today announced it will be investing stg£1.14bn as part of a three-year plan to address climate change, with the country aiming to decarbonise its...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 30-26 News
13.12.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 45-41 News
10.12.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
Wave-powered robot reaches Australia after Pacific Ocean crossing News
06.12.2012 A wave-powered robot has completed a 9,000 nautical mile journey from San Francisco, California, to Australia after setting off just over a year ago to collect and transmit... -
Climate change is affecting all regions in Europe, warns agency News
21.11.2012 The European Environment Agency has today warned that climate change is impacting all regions in Europe, with the past decade being the warmest on record.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Government, Energy, Education -
Nobel Laureate Prof Mario Molina to speak at DCU about climate change News
15.11.2012 Prof Mario Molina, a leading authority on pollution and its effects on the environment, will be in Dublin next week to give a lecture at Dublin City University (DCU) on the...