WASHINGTON — Using satellite data, scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map that details the height of the world’s forests. Although there are other local- and regional-scale forest canopy maps, the new map is the first that spans the entire globe based on one uniform method. (more…)
*Paul McCartney and Daughters Publish Booklet for Vegetarian Newspaper – -Newspaper speaks of the campaign promoted by the former Beatle in order to avoid eating meat on Mondays.*
Paul McCartney and daughters, Mary and Stella, are helping to publish a special supplement of a healthy and very tasty vegetarian diet of foods published by the British Sunday newspaper “The Observer.”
REDMOND, Wash. – July 20, 2010 – Microsoft today officially announced the price tag Kinect will have when it hits stores this fall.
ARMONK, N.Y., – 20 Jul 2010: IBM today announced that it had completed the acquisition of BigFix, Inc., a privately-held company based in Emeryville, Calif. Financial details were not disclosed.
The first before-and-after view of an amphibian die-off has just been published by scientists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. (more…)
Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change?
The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of canceling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.
*Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcover Books*
ARMONK, N.Y. – 19 Jul 2010:
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced second-quarter 2010 diluted earnings of $2.61 per share compared with diluted earnings of $2.32 per share in the second quarter of 2009, an increase of 13 percent.
