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The GEO Challenge: An Earthzine Conversation With GEO Secretariat Director José Achache
French geophysicist and GEO Secretariat Director Jose Achache discusses not only the vision, progress and achievements of GEO but also the challenges relating to resources and industry’s role in GEOSS with Earthzine contributor Peter Fairley.
Peter Fairley, posted on
April 15th, 2008
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Straight Talk on Climate Communication and Earth Observation: A conversation with Dr. Jerry Mahlman
An expert on the behavior of the upper atmosphere, Mahlman led the development of one of the first global climate models, for which he received the American Geophysical Union's Carl-Gustav Rossby Medal, its highest honor. Mahlman chaired the Earth System Science and Applications Advisory Committee for NASA's Mission to Planet Earth program in the 1990s and was involved in the founding of the IPCC; He created the so-called betting odds scheme used by IPCC to evaluate uncertainty and was a reviewer of the Working Group I report for IPCC's 2007 assessment.
Peter Fairley, posted on
January 21st, 2008
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NASA Daily Image
Opportunity's Traverse Map From Sol 2951