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The Drought of 2007: A Foreshadowing of Things to Come?
The epic drought that stretched across the southeastern U.S. in 2007 won’t be forgotten soon. Water supplies plunged to perilously low levels and public officials imposed draconian conservation measures to protect a resource that had become more valuable than gold.
Lori Keesey, posted on
July 2nd, 2008
Articles, Disasters, Earth Observation, Featured Article, Water
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Google, Microsoft and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
People can now easily visualize what their next trip or hike will look like; they can readily combine EO data with other kinds of geographic data ; and they can easily save the views they have constructed and send them to other users. However, geospatial technologies are more complex than most people realize.
George Percivall, posted on
June 10th, 2008
Articles, Earth Observation, Technology
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Earth Observation - The French Connection to GEOSS
Whether for surface imagery, altimetry, studies of aerosols and clouds or recording the Earth’s magnetic field, satellites permit a global view of our Earth and in combination with more precise local in situ measurements offer enormous potential in understanding how the Earth system works from the planet’s core out to the stratosphere, helping us to manage our Earth.
Benoit Boissin, posted on
June 3rd, 2008
Articles, Earth Observation, Technology
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Noctilucent Cloud by The Chromatics
It’s not often one has an opportunity to hear both noctilucent cloud and mesospheric in the same song, but the highly educational and always entertaining Chromatics have provided us an opportunity to do so.
Kyla Hanington, posted on
April 29th, 2008
Articles, Reviews
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Snapshots of Spring: Earth Day Photo Contest Challenges Middle School Students to Take Pictures of Their Local Environment
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies’ annual photo contest for U.S. students grades 5-8 offers students a path to expanded knowledge of their surrounding environments.
Dan Stillman, posted on
April 15th, 2008
Articles, Education
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Building Capacity For Using Earth Observations
Technology has made it possible to interlink the world’s observation systems into one “interoperable” Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSS. This flexible and distributed network of content providers will greatly improve the quantity and quality of the Earth observations needed for addressing the risks of global environmental change.
Marta Angoloti & Alan Edwards , posted on
April 15th, 2008
Articles, Earth Observation, ICEO/GEO/GEOSS
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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
Articles, Earth Observation, Featured Person, ICEO/GEO/GEOSS, People, Technology
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A Global Revolution In Earth Management
Climate change, the depletion of natural resources, the emergence of new diseases, and the loss of biological diversity are amongst some of the most serious and complex challenges facing the human race today. Addressing these threats to our common home will require effective national policies plus international collaboration on a grand scale.
Guoguang Zheng, Conrad Lautenbacher, Philemon Mjwara & Zoran Stancic , posted on
April 15th, 2008
Articles, Earth Observation, ICEO/GEO/GEOSS, OpEd
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Observations to support predictions of sea level “CReSIS” contribution toward understanding the term glacial speed
Accurate prediction of sea level is arguably one of the most important societal goals facing the research community. Combining cutting-edge technologies with sustained observations to understand processes and improve numerical models will be required to address the issue of future ice-sheet changes and impacts on global sea level.
van der Veen, Lytle and Gogineni , posted on
April 7th, 2008
Articles, Climate, Earth Observation, Ecosystems, Technology, Water
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Sea Level Rise Modeling with GIS: A Small University’s Contribution To Understanding A Global Dilemma
Earth process modeling and data visualization tools are critical to understanding the processes associated with climate change. One such set of tools is Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
John Kostelnick, RJ Rowley, Dave McDermott, Carol Bowen , posted on
April 6th, 2008
Articles, Climate, Education, Technology, Water
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