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Melting ice to threaten shipping
- November 14, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
No CommentsDuring the last 25 years, satellites have been observing the Arctic and have witnessed reductions in the minimum ice extent. At the end of summer in the early 1980s this area measured approximately 8 million km²; now in 2007, this area has massively shrunk to a historic minimum of less than 4.24 million km² according to observations made by the ESA’s Envisat satellite. This change will have serious consequences for shipping in the arctic.
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Satellite Imagery is Now Commonplace – So What’s Next?
- November 13, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Businesses and Consumers Desire Ground Level Images of Objects and Structures Seen in Satellite Photos
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'Sentinels' to help fight climate battle?
- November 12, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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BULGARISK: Satellite imagery supporting operational hazard management in Bulgaria
- November 7, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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EARSC EVENT 2008:Is GMES an opportunity for the service industry? March 2008 – Brussels, Belgium
- November 7, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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Experts urge UK to back climate change satellite
- November 7, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Climate change monitoring satellite could warn businesses of flooding and aid insurance industry risk calculations, yet the government is flip-flopping on the EU initiative
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Tele Atlas Gives TomTom One Week to Counter Garmin
- November 5, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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ANUSAT to help Anna University conduct leak-free exams
- November 5, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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Public view: INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules
- November 5, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules for Metadata
(version 3) are now available for public view and
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DMCii Satellite Imaging Helps Dramatically Reduce Deforestation Of Amazon Basin
- October 28, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has placed a contract for a third year with DMC International Imaging Ltd., (DMCii) to acquire high-resolution satellite images of the entire 5 million square kilometres of the Amazon rainforest. Since 2004 INPE’s programme to monitor deforestation has dramatically reduced the rate of logging from 27,000 sq.km. per year to about 10,000 sq.km. in 2007.