Interested in helping scientists to spot explosions on the Sun and tracking them as they travel towards Earth? Then the Solar Storm Watch could be for you, and in fact anyone can be a solar storm watcher thanks to the Internet. Brought to you by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, The Science & Technology Facilities Council [...]
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Alert Map – The Latest World Disaster Data Visually.
Posted: March 21, 2010 in Latest Disaster InformationKeep up to date with world disaster data and the latest climate data from a Hungarian National Association company, they are a non-profit organisation. Some of the data they give is on what they call an ‘Alert Map’. Found out about this site a couple of years ago, nice to see they are still continuing [...]
3D COFORM – An Attempt To Create An Online Respository For Culture & Archaeology.
Posted: February 22, 2010 in Culture, Digital Reconstruction, History, ScienceTags: Digital Reconstruction, Presenting History
The 3D-COFORM Consortium has one over-riding aim: to establish 3D documentation as an affordable, practical and effective mechanism for long term documentation of tangible cultural heritage. Find out more at : http://www.3d-coform.eu/
Plane Stupid – A network of grassroots groups that take non violent direct action against aviation expansion.
Posted: February 20, 2010 in Environment, TravelTags: Aviation, Plane Stupid
They have three demands: End to short haul flights and airport expansion Stop aviation advertising A just transition to sustainable jobs and transport Came together in 2005 to oppose an aviation industry conference and have been taking action ever since. Find out more at : http://planestupid.com/aboutus
Greentraveller – A website that provides information on how to have a green holiday.
Posted: February 20, 2010 in Environment, TravelTags: Environment, Green holidays, Green traveller
What is green travel? “Let’s face it, few holidays are 100% green. Most trips involve taking some form of motorised transport and unavoidably contribute to carbon emissions. Greentraveller shows how you can plan a holiday that keeps these emissions down to a minimum. The website was founded in 2006 by travel journalist Richard Hammond – the co-author of Clean [...]
National Geographic. “With a simple and painless cheek swab you can sample your own DNA and submit it to the lab. Your results will reveal your deep ancestry along a single line of direct descent (paternal or maternal) and show the migration paths they followed thousands of years ago.” Find out more at : https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/lan/en/participate.html
Extreme Ice Survey – Is the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground-based, real-time photography.
Posted: February 20, 2010 in EnvironmentTags: Environment
“EIS uses time-lapse photography, conventional photography, and video to document the rapid changes now occurring on the Earth’s glacial ice. The EIS team has installed 27 time-lapse cameras at 15 sites in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountains. EIS supplements this ongoing record with annual repeat photography in Iceland, the Alps, and Bolivia.” In [...]
