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ESA’s Hera Mission Launch Highlight
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ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 7 Oct. 7, 2024. Hera is ESA’s first planetary defence mission. It will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 ...
NASA Looks to Solar Eclipse to Help Understand Earth’s Energy System
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During the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse, scientists will use the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite (DSCOVR), along with measurements taken from within the moon's shadow on the ground, to test a new model of Earth's energy budget.
Fighting Wildfires in France
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Enjoy a sneak peek of ESA’s new documentary that looks at fire in all its fury--and how satellite technology is helping to mitigate this consequence of climate change. Join us on this journey as we meet the firefighte...
Whiteboard: How to Reform Water Infrastructure
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The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2013 promotes our Nation's competitiveness, prosperity, and economic growth by upholding the seminal federal responsibility to maintain a strong transportation infrastructure and ensure the efficient flow of domestic and international commerce.
NOAA’s SoundScapes
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In this episode: in less than three minutes, this video presents the basics about multibeam and side scan sonar, including a visualization that shows how sonar data is used to make products like nautical charts.
NASA: A Year in the Life of Earth’s CO2
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An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.
Teledyne Lidar Enables 3D Data Acquisition, Visual Effects for HBO’s Game of Thrones
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Vektra generated 3D point clouds in Dubrovnik using various lidar technologies including Teledyne Optech’s Maverick mobile lidar system and Polaris fixed terrestrial scanner. The lidar point clouds were then colorized with digital camera imagery and image fusion software.
Melting Ice and Rising Seas
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As the planet warms and glaciers and polar ice caps melt, the icy world is fast disappearing, says Julian Dowdeswell from the University of Cambridge. He asks how do we deal with rising sea levels and a changing Arctic?
Earth from Space: Flevoland
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Dutch province of Flevoland–the newest province in the Netherlands and one of the largest land reclamation projects in the world.
Earth Day 1970 Part 1: Intro (CBS News with Walter Cronkite)
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Original broadcast of CBS News Special Report with Walter Cronkite about the first Earth Day, 1970. Also known as Earth Week 1970.