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Forest Watch science and education strive to halt climate change

As the international remote sensing community readies the 2009 IGARSS in Cape Town, South Africa this July, Earthzine recalls last summer’s conference in Boston, Massachusetts with this Featured Person interview with Dr. Barrett N. “Barry” Rock, professor of forestry, botany and remote sensing in the Complex Systems Research Center and the Department of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire. Barry Rock exemplifies IEEE’s mission to put science and technology to work for the benefit of humanity and Earth. He has “grown” a network of hundreds of students and teachers in Forest Watch, the outreach program he founded in 1991 in order to scientifically track the effects of U.S. efforts to diminish the damage of air pollution on human health and vegetation. In Boston, he demonstrated the Forest Watch model of university/K-12 partnership and IEEE scientific/community outreach at the 2008 IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium.

Maeve Hickok, posted on May 7th, 2009
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Indigenous Perspectives in GEOSS: An Interview with Dr. Gregory Cajete

Earthzine’s Editor-In-Chief Paul Racette speaks with Dr. Gregory Cajete – a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico and author of five books on Native American education, history and philosophy – about Native American science and the role Indigenous perspectives have in realizing an integrated Earth observing system.

Paul Racette, posted on April 6th, 2009
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European Union Research Framework Moves GEOSS Forward

In Part 2 of Earthzine’s interview with Dr. Zoran Stančič, Earthzine probes how Europe’s current research initiatives support GEOSS. Dr. Stančič, Deputy Director General for research in the European Commission, shares his knowledge, experience and insight of EC’s support for GEOSS.

Jay Pearlman, posted on February 16th, 2009
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An Earthzine interview with Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate-General for Research

Earthzine presents Part 1 of an exclusive interview with Dr. Zoran Stančič. Dr. Stančič, Deputy Director General for research in the European Commission since 2004, brings a wealth of experience and insight into the EC’s support for GEOSS. Earthzine asks Dr. Stančič about the EC’s contribution to GEOSS and the benefits it brings to Europe.

Jay Pearlman, posted on February 3rd, 2009
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Halting Biodiversity Loss: An Earthzine Conversation with Kalemani Joseph Mulongoy

For perspective on biodiversity loss and the data management challenges facing the CBD, Earthzine contributor Peter Fairley interviewed Kalemani Joseph Mulongoy by telephone at the CBD Secretariat in Montreal. Since 1999, Mr. Mulongoy has served as Principal Officer in charge of the Secretariat’s Scientific, Technical and Technological Matters Division.

Peter Fairley, posted on December 5th, 2008
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Benefits of GEOSS: A Panel Discussion

There are over six billion people on this planet, 193 countries and more than five thousand languages. No matter the nationality or language spoken or the location, everyone is inextricably linked and hence affected by global environmental change.

Paul Racette, posted on November 17th, 2008
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A Brief History Of Radio – Echo Sounding Of Ice

The application of radio-echo sounding (RES) to thickness measurements of glacial and sheet ice has been demonstrated since the early 1960s. The concept for this approach can be traced to 1933 at Admiral Byrd’s base, Little America, Antarctica where the first indication that snow and ice are transparent to high frequency radio signal was observed.

Christopher Allen, posted on September 26th, 2008
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Changing Sun, Changing Earth

How and why does the Sun’s energy change, and how does the Earth respond? We care about these changes, and seek improved understanding of their causes and consequences. We do this because society urgently seeks to quantify anthropogenic and natural causes of climate change, because we are increasingly reliant on the technological benefits of space assets, and because we utilize and explore extensive environmental domains well beyond the surface where we live.

Judith Lean, posted on August 28th, 2008
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The Globally-Aware Island: An Earthzine Conversation With Japan’s Shin Aoyama

Earthzine speaks with Japan’s Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Mr. Aoyama, who represents Japan within GEO.

Peter Fairley, posted on July 15th, 2008
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For The Benefit Of Society

Given the IEEE’s technical scope and global presence, our 375,000 members have a tremendous opportunity to contribute. In fact, our members are already involved in a number of such projects. For example, the IEEE Committee on Earth Observation has since 2005 been involved in the International Group on Earth Observations and its effort to create a Global Earth Observation System of Systems.

Lewis Terman, posted on May 29th, 2008
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