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88-South Antarctic Traverse: Year Two
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The 470-mile expedition in one of the most barren landscapes on Earth provides the best means of assessment of the accuracy of data collected from space by the Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2).
Two New Satellites Set to Study One of Earth’s Most Critically Changing Regions
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In 2018, NASA will intensify its focus on one of the most critical but remote parts of our changing planet with the launch of two new satellite missions and an array of airborne campaigns.
ClearPath Emissions-Management Software
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ClearPath is the next generation of ICLEI's online software suite for local governments managing energy, resources, and GHG emissions. ClearPath offers a powerful and integrated cloud-based platform that allows you to visualize your current and future emissions, and easily carry out sophisticated analysis to determine the right mix of policies to meet your emissions reduction goals.
Berlin Battles Heatwave
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This year’s heatwave continues to sweep across Europe, with wildfires reported across the continent, as the current heat scorches land and vegetation in countries such as the UK, Sweden and Greece. These two images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission show agricultural fields and land around the capital of Germany, Berlin.
Building Climate Resilience: Getting Started
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For many Americans, adapting to new climate regimes means developing new expertise. Decision-makers across the nation are using data and tools to reduce their risks and protect their investments from climate. This video explains how you can use the Climate Resilience Toolkit web site to improve resilience.
NASA Finds 2020 Tied for Hottest Year on Record
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Globally, 2020 was the hottest year on record, effectively tying 2016, the previous record.
Make Every Day ‘GIS Day’
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GIS in education offers key skills and advantages, such as critical thinking, workforce competencies, working with data, holistic thinking, inquiry, and much more.
Orion: Trial By Fire
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NASA’s newest spacecraft, Orion, will be launching into space for the first time in December 2014, on a flight that will take it farther than any spacecraft built to carry humans has gone in more than 40 years and through temperatures twice as hot as molten lava to put its critical systems to the test.
Shocking Images of Environmental Devastation in Peruvian Rainforest
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Güido Lombardi, a Peruvian journalist, tells in his news radio program at RPP Noticias the impressions that he got after overflying the affected areas by the illegal mining in Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian rainforest. These images where captured by the Carnegie Airborne Observatory.
No Planet B
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A message from ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from on board the International Space Station to mark the start COP24, the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Katowice, Poland.
