A Third Of Global Sea Rise Caused By Melting Glaciers
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists have known for some time that melting glaciers are contributing to the global sea-level rise. However, the amount being contributed by each region of the planet has never before...
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenGeo, the creators of the OpenGeo Suite, the world's leading open source geospatial software platform, announced a $3 million Series A investment from Vanedge Capital of Vancouver, British Columbia. Simultaneous with the funding event, the company has spun out from its incubator parent, OpenPlans, and is boosting OpenGeo's product and customer-support initiatives. "We are thrilled to be working with Vanedge," said Eddie Pickle, OpenGeo CEO....
SYDNEY, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 18 finalists for Tourism Australia's 'Best Jobs in the World' - three for each of the six dream jobs - have been chosen and will travel Down Under next month to spend a week undergoing the final stage of the global competition. For downloadable print and broadcast campaign materials visit the following link: http://medianet.multimediarelease.com.au/bundles/199f65c8-6e27-4b28-9651-eef8f9595a8a The lucky candidates from 12 countries will face...
Company's Support of Brazil's Caatinga Region Leads to Sustainable Supply, Honorable Legacy RACINE, Wis., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Last month, SC Johnson celebrated 15 years of commitment to preserving the Brazilian Caatinga Region, the ecoregion located in northeast Brazil. The family company's long history with Brazil, and the region, dates back to 1935, when third generation leader H.F. Johnson Jr. traveled to Fortaleza, Brazil in pursuit of a permanent reserve of Carnauba...
VANCOUVER, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - PhotoSat is pleased to announce that it has completed satellite topography mapping of WesternZagros's Garmian Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, using stereo satellite photos from the high-resolution Pleiades 1A and 1B imaging satellites. Pleiades 1A and 1B are the world's newest 50cm resolution satellites. The satellite topography mapping consists of an elevation point every meter and contours with 1 meter elevation intervals. Based on...
AZOUR, Israel, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (NASDAQ: ITRN) announced that the Board of Directors has approved the distribution of a cash dividend in the amount of NIS 0.50 per share or $0.14 per share, totaling approximately NIS 10.5 million or US$3 million. The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of June 26, 2013. The Company will pay the dividend out on July 11, 2013. In its decision to approve the distribution of cash...
DENVER, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dig It Yourself, a container gardening demo and sale, will be held at the Denver Pavilions on Saturday, June 1, from 11am-4pm in the plaza by Forever 21. Luan Akin and Rob Proctor from popular Denver-area garden center Tagawa Gardens will show area residents how to grow container gardens on small patio and balcony spaces. Edible plants and vegetables will also be available for purchase. Luan Akin, former TV reporter turned Tagawa Gardens Outreach...
MarketResearch.com announces the addition of a new market research report in Technology to their product offering. Rockville, MD (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 A geospatial information system or geographical information system (GIS) is a set of tools that interprets geographical or geospatial data or information. These systems digitize the received geospatial data, process (store, interpret, analyze, and manipulate) the data, and provide the required output. The Global GIS Engineering Applications...
Van Doorn Tower Crane Consultants (http://www.vandoorntcc.com) has assisted in a hydropower plant project in Honduras that will help provide power to roughly 2 million homes in the country. Known as the “hydropower plant La Vegona,” the structure is designed to promote clean energy and help the country meet its growing power needs. Honduras (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 A new hydropower plant in Honduras will help provide power to roughly 2 million homes in the country. Known as the...
The 'Sirius' documentary tells the story of how Dr. Ralph Lachman of Stanford University examined the photographs, X Rays and CAT scans of the Atacama Humanoid and concluded that the six inch tall specimen is a 6-8 year old of some type. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 As recently reported by International Business Times,, Discovery, NBCNews and Live Science, Dr. Ralph Lachman of Stanford University, as portrayed in the 'Sirius' documentary, has examined the...
MUMBAI, India, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Introduction to the Market A geospatial information system or geographical information system (GIS) is a set of tools that interprets geographical or geospatial data or information. These systems digitize the received geospatial data, process (store, interpret, analyze, and manipulate) the data, and provide the required output. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130128/590935 ) Market Overview...
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The dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii), also known as the dusky wallaby, is a marsupial that can be found on the Kai and Aru islands, Papua New Guinea, and in the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands ecoregion in Papua Province in Indonesia. It prefers a habitat in both arid and tropical savannahs, forests, shrublands, lowlands, and grasslands. This species was named after its discoverer, Cornelis de Bruijn, and was once commonly known as philander, or “friend of man,” and the Aru Island...
The Central and Southern mixed grasslands are a prairie ecoregion of the central United States, a portion of the North American Great Plains. This is a vast grassland area with few trees running north to south from central Nebraska through central Kansas and western Oklahoma to north central Texas, covering about 282,000 square kilometers. This is a transition zone between the Central tall grasslands and Central forest-grasslands transition ecoregions towards the east and the Western short...
The Northern short grasslands is only 1 of 867 terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. This ecoregion includes portions of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the American Great Plains states of Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. The Northern short grasslands have a semi-arid climate, with the annual average precipitation ranging from 270mm to 450mm. The winters here are cold, with an average temperature of 14 degrees...
The Northern tall grasslands is only 1 of 867 terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. This ecoregion largely follows the Red River Valley in the Canadian province of Manitoba and the American states of Minnesota and North Dakota. The grasslands have a humid continental climate with moderate precipitation, normally between 450 and 700 mm. The winters are very cold, with an average temperature of 9.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the summer are warm with the mean...
The Semi-arid Pampas, alternatively known as the Dry Pampas, is a temperate grassland ecoregion located in central Argentina. The Semi-arid Pampas cover an area of 126,000 square miles, including western Buenos Aires Province, southern Cordoba and San Luis Provinces and most of La Pampa Province. The area is, in all, a home to no more than a million people, who normally enjoy some of the nation’s lowest poverty rates. Not dissimilar to the more humid pampas to the east, the area is...
