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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
Biodiversity, Featured Person, People, Politics

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
Earth Observation, Featured Article, GEOSS/ICEO News, Technology

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
Articles, Earth Observation, Featured Article, Technology

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
Articles, Earth Observation, Energy, Feature, Featured Article, Weather

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
Earth Observation, Featured Person, GEOSS/ICEO News, People

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
Earth Observation, Featured Article, GEOSS/ICEO News, OpEd, Technology

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
Articles, Earth Observation, Featured Person, GEOSS/ICEO News, People, Technology

The ESA-FAO GEOportal – Operational Gateway to GEOSS

The GEOportal is one of the three candidates developed in response to a set of requirements from the GEO Secretariat aiming at the implementation of a GEO Web Portal serving the GEO User Community.

Mirko Albani , posted on March 11th, 2008
Articles, GEOSS/ICEO News, In This Issue

Coordinating Satellite Observations during the International Polar Year 2007-2008

The 2007-2008 International Polar Year (IPY) provides an international framework for improving our understanding of high-latitude climate change and enhancing our skill in predicting world-wide impacts.

Mark R. Drinkwater, posted on March 9th, 2008
Articles, Climate, Earth Observation, In This Issue

To the Poles and Beyond: A Look At How Young British Scientists Are Contributing To the International Polar Year

With the 2007-9 International Polar Year (IPY) well underway, we take a look at what contributions are being made from young polar scientists in the UK.

Emma Irvine, posted on March 3rd, 2008
Articles, Ecosystems, In This Issue

Panorama of the East Coast

This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA