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Valuing And Protecting Indigenous Wild Food ResourcesCanberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 16, 2010 The value of rivers and wild food resources to Aboriginal people is the focus of new research that will help transform water management on Cape York in northern Queensland. The project is an innovative partnership between CSIRO and the Kowanyama Aboriginal Land and Natural Resource Management Office in the Mitchell River delta. Kowanyama Aboriginal lands cover over 4000 square kilometres, including 50km of coastline on western Cape York. "Aboriginal people have a large stake in water resourc ... read more |
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Elephant Seals Send Scientific Data Via Satellite Transmitter
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jun 11, 2010"Gustavo" is an imposing bull always in search of the best feeding grounds. The elephant seal weighing 3 tons and measuring 4 metres in length belongs to a group of 14 animals that serve researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute as scientific assistants since recently. At the beginning of the Antarctic winter - from mid-March to the end of April - the mighty elephant seal bulls were tagg ... more Integration Of TanDEM-X With Launcher Begins
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 11, 2010I have now settled myself in Baikonur and become acquainted with everyday issues. As of last Tuesday, I have replaced my colleague Michael Bartusch as the project management representative of the space agency here at the launch site. I will be reporting about the TanDEM-X satellite (TDX) on this blog up until the launch. Preparations for the launch during the last few weeks have gone ... more TanDEM-X Observing The Earth In 3D
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 09, 2010The project to "map the Earth in 3D" is now entering its final preparation stage as the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X is readied for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On 21 June, at approximately 04:14:02 CEST, the satellite is due to be launched in to orbit at an altitude of 514 kilometres using a Dnepr launch vehicle. Having moved into the combined operations ... more |
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China approves mega IPO of Agricultural BankShanghai (AFP) June 9, 2010 China's Agricultural Bank on Wednesday received the long awaited green light from securities regulators to launch what could become the world's biggest initial public offering. The bank, the last of China's "big four" state lenders to float shares, is seeking to sell 22.235 billion yuan-denominated A shares, or seven percent of its enlarged share capital, in Shanghai, according to a preliminary prospectus released on Friday. It also plans to issue 25.412 billion H shares, or eight percent of its ... read more |
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