The gusting westerly winds that dominate the climate in central Asia, setting the pattern of dryness and location of central Asian deserts, have blown mostly unchanged for 42 million years. (more…)
A new study using data from NASA satellite missions finds that, although the long-term water picture for the Aral Sea watershed in Central Asia remains bleak, short-term prospects are better than previously thought.
Once the fourth largest inland sea in the world, the Aral Sea has lost 90 percent of its water volume over the last 50 years. Its watershed — the enormous closed basin around the sea — encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. (more…)
Das zunehmende Schwinden der Gletscher im 21. Jahrhundert wird weltweit zu massiven Veränderungen führen und das potenzielle Risiko von Naturgefahren, wie Überschwemmungen und Erdrutschen, erhöhen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam ein Forschungsteam aus Österreich und Schweden in Zusammenarbeit mit Zentralasien im Rahmen eines zweijährigen EU-Projekts. Hermann Häusler, Umweltgeowissenschafter an der Universität Wien, modellierte mit seinem Team die Gletscherentwicklung im Tien-Shan-Gebirge in Kirgisien bis zum Jahr 2050.
An dem CIRCLE-2 MOUNTain Projekt (Climate Impact Research & Response Coordination for a Larger Europe) sind WissenschafterInnen aus Österreich, Deutschland, der Schweiz, der Tschechischen Republik, Schweden, Kirgisien, Kasachstan, Usbekistan und den USA beteiligt. (more…)
Kazakh Gold Producer to Improve Gold Yield with IBM Business Analytics
Armonk, N.Y. – 20 Jul 2012: IBM has announced that it is working with JSC Altyntau Resources, a leading gold producer in Kazakhstan, to provide a new business analytics system to help the company to improve gold yields and increase the profitability of its operations.
The new system will enable the gold producer to centralize and quickly analyze data about its mining operations. It includes a dashboard of important information enabling the company’s management team to make informed decisions about which ore to mine and which extraction processes to use to achieve the best return on investment. Once the project is complete, JSC Altyntau Resources will be able to speed up its annual financial planning cycle from two months to two weeks and ensure that investors are kept informed on the company’s operations and forecasts. (more…)
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