Economy
Fresh Air for Sale in Hong Kong
Originally Published by NY Times
– A tongue-in-cheek commercial from an anti-pollution group delivers a message about what the Hong Kong’s pollution could portend.
Posted on
September 3rd, 2010
Climate, Economy, Would You Believe?
Norway Dumps Its Samling Global Stocks Over Illegal Logging
Originally Published by ENS
Posted on
August 26th, 2010
Economy, Ecosystems, Politics
Russia, Crippled by Drought, Bans Grain Exports
Originally Published by NY Times
Posted on
August 9th, 2010
Agriculture, Economy
Identifying And Quantifying The Benefits Of GEOSS
The European Commission sponsored project “Global Earth Observation – Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging” (GEOBENE) has developed methodologies and analytical tools to assess the societal benefit areas (SBAs) of GEO in the domains of: Disasters, Health, Energy, Climate, Water, Weather, Ecosystems, Agriculture and Biodiversity. This article presents several of these overarching methodologies as a contribution to the ongoing effort to improve GEOSS, and looks to the future via the EuroGEOSS Project.
McCallum et al., posted on
July 12th, 2010
Articles, Earth Observation, Economy, GEOSS/ICEO News
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BP shares drop as clean-up cost for Deepwater Horizon oil spill approaches $1bn
Originally Published by The Guardian | guardian.co.uk
Green Inc. Column: Challenges in Reducing Pollution From Ships
Originally Published by NYT > Environment
UK water imports ‘unsustainable’
Originally Published by BBC News | Science & Environment | World Edition
Posted on
April 23rd, 2010
Economy, Sustainability, Water
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NASA Image of the Day
Orbital Sunrise
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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