The continued division of Cyprus suits Britain’s geopolitical interests, as well as those of world powers that see the Mediterranean island as a useful pawn in a longstanding game of chess. Darren Loucaides reports from a country that wants to determine its own future.
Susan George: "Geocide is alas more general: it is a massive assault against nature of which we are only a part, against all earthly life and against Creation as well as the complete denial of human rights; I submit that this ultimate act of destruction is underway and that we need a name for it. Without a name, we have no concept and without a concept we cannot combat it. This is why I searched for a new word."
"The real problem is that we are faced with determined, well-organised adversaries who care nothing about human rights or climate change; who would probably laugh at the very mention of geocide. They want only one thing: business as usual and a world in which they can make endless amounts of money using any and all available resources, no matter what the costs to nature and to human life. Unless we can accept this reality and confront these adversaries, as well as the public and private organisations they serve, I’m afraid we have no hope of ultimately preventing geocide."
<p>The US Empire is truly its last days. What was said on live television at the UN with the ”joint” statement made by Lavrov, and with Kerry at the conclusion, are “the things history is made from”. And what was said behind closed doors versus what was said publicly is more than likely to be oceans apart. There are certain key phrases that were used that are the biggest indication that this wide-gulf exists, setting aside an objective assessment of the situation which also demands such a view. Any objective appraisal indicates the US has a vulnerable position.</p>
by JOAQUIN FLORES, based in Belgrade, serves as director for the Center for Syncretic Studies. The center was founded in 2013 in Belgrade as an international ideological education organisation, a discussion forum, review of significant works and news items, and an advocacy organization developing proposal recommendations, as well a research facility for syncretic and inter-disciplinary social analysis. He is also the managing editor of Fort Russ news service, as well as the president of the Berlin based Independent Journalist Association for Peace.
Havainnosta kartaksi - Kartoituksen ja maanmittauksen historiaa Suomessa on Maanmittauslaitoksen ja Kansallisarkiston yhteinen näyttely, joka on esillä Kansallisarkistossa 3.7. - 4.10.2013.
Havainnosta kartaksi -verkkonäyttely avaa näyttelyn sisältöä verkossa ja tuo nähtäville osan Kansallisarkistossa esillä olevista kartoista.
Näyttely koostuu kahdesta teemasta, joista toinen kuvaa kartan käyttöä maalla, toinen vesistöillä.
Maa-aiheisten karttojen sisältö vaihtelee karttojen käyttötarkoituksen mukaan. Merikartat taas ovat erityiskarttoja, joiden tärkein tehtävä on ohjata vesillä liikkuja turvallisesti lähtösatamasta määräsatamaan.
Verkkonäyttelyn kartat ovat vuosilta 1650–1941. Karttoja säilytetään Kansallisarkistossa.
The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories.
The Swedish-Russian-US-Arctic Ocean Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere-Carbon Interactions När inlandsisen drog sig tillbaka från norra halvklotet för drygt 7 000 år sedan översvämmades stora landområden i Arktis av havsvatten. Ruttnande växt- och djurrester på bottnarna i dessa grundhav har genom årtusendena bildat enorma mängder metan och andra växthusgaser. Gaserna har tidigare antagits vara effektivt instängda i permafrosten och så kallade gashydrater. Men på senare år har man upptäckt att permafrosten tinar och att kuster och grundhav läcker växthusgaser. - I första hand ligger naturliga processer, som pågått sedan inlandsisen drog sig tillbaka, bakom upptiningen av permafrosten. Dels är havsvattnet varmare än permafrosten, dels sipprar det upp geotermisk värme genom sprickor i jordens skorpa, förklarar Örjan Gustafsson, professor i biogeokemi vid Stockholms universitet och en av de vetenskapliga ledarna för projektet SWERUS-C3.
As natural gas from shale becomes a global energy "game changer," oil and gas researchers are working to develop new technologies to produce natural gas from methane hydrate deposits. This research is important because methane hydrate deposits are believed to be a larger hydrocarbon resource than all of the world's oil, natural gas and coal resources combined. [1] If these deposits can be efficiently and economically developed, methane hydrate could become the next energy game changer.