Earth warmest for 12000 years

NASA scientists have published an article about the most recent measurements of global temperatures. Main conclusions:

• the Earth is warmer than it has been in the last 12000 years and within 1C of the maximum over the past million years
• the Earth has been warming at a rate of 0.2 C per decade for the last three decades
• the most prominent effect is on land on the Northern Hemisphere because of melting ice covers which induces a positive feedback by changing albedo
• the observations are consistent with predictions that climate scientists made in the 1980s

There is a movie (8.5 MB) on the NASA website which I find particularly illustrative. It shows global temperature changes from 1880 to 2005.

Microfinance & technology

Funded by Microsoft Research's Digital Inclusion program into(context) is a design research project developed and carried out by two students, one from the Dutch MSc IE programme, at the Design for Sustainability group at Delft University of Technology. The goal of this project will be to research which technology interaction forms are most appropriate for integration into the operational context of microfinance institutions working in East Africa in order to facilitate entrepreneurs accessing micro credit through KIVA. Progress in the project can be monitored at their blogspot.

natuurbeleving m.b.v.

Natuurbeleving m.b.v. straatmeubilair
Afstuderen Nico Langeveld


woe 13 september
13:45 Presentatie ~ comissiekamer 3 TU Aula
14:30 Toetsing (u wordt niet getoetst)
15:15 Buluitreiking?