Earth Observation
(Climate) Information Wants to Be Free
Originally Published by NYT > Environment
in 1984, when Stewart Brand mused at the first Hackers Conference on how information “wants” to be both expensive and free, he was talking about monetary value. In fights over information related to global warming, the tug of war is partly about money because of the value of the status quo (fossil fuels) and the [...]
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February 8th, 2010
Climate, Earth Observation, Politics
Agriculture and Food Availability
Remote Sensing of Agriculture for Food Security Monitoring in the Developing World
For one-sixth of the world’s population – roughly 1 billion children, women and men – growing, buying or receiving adequate, affordable food to eat is a daily uncertainty. The World Monetary Fund reports that food prices worldwide increased 43 percent in 2007-2008, and unpredictable growing conditions make subsistence farming, on which many depend, a risky business. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are part of a network of both private and government institutions that monitor food security in many of the poorest nations in the world.
Michael E Budde, Et al, posted on
February 8th, 2010
Agriculture, Earth Observation, Featured Article, Health
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NASA satellite could pave way for policing CO2 emissions
Originally Published by New Scientist - Environment
Posted on
February 7th, 2010
Climate, Earth Observation, Politics
Jason ocean mission secures funds
Originally Published by BBC News
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February 6th, 2010
Earth Observation, Oceans
Water vapour caused one-third of global warming in 1990s, study reveals
Originally Published by Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
Posted on
February 3rd, 2010
Climate, Earth Observation
The long-awaited Oceans movie premieres
Originally Published by ESA
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February 3rd, 2010
Ecosystems, Oceans
Runaway CO2 rise ‘could be lower’
Originally Published by BBC News | Science & Environment | World Edition
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February 2nd, 2010
Climate, Earth Observation
Earth Information Systems/Capacity Building
Geo-Wiki.org: Harnessing the power of volunteers, the internet and Google Earth to collect and validate global spatial information
Do you want to participate in a really big project? Geo-Wiki.org is looking for volunteers in the global Earth observation community to validate, augment and even disagree with existing spatial information and to aid in the collection of new information through the powerful resource of crowd sourcing. In recent years the ability to collect spatial information from volunteers has greatly expanded through the combination of Google Earth, geo-tagged photos and the Internet. So whether you are a confluence hunter, a geographer, or simply a Very Observant Person (VOP), you may be able to contribute important in-situ data about global land cover to GEO-Wiki.org.
McCallum et al., posted on
February 1st, 2010
Articles, Earth Observation, Technology
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Swarm science meeting – presentations now available online
Originally Published by Observing the Earth
Posted on
February 1st, 2010
Earth Observation
Avignon, France
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory
Posted on
January 31st, 2010
Earth Observation
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