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Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town Goes Into Full-Scale Operation
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Fujisawa SST begins full-scale operation, following the completion of “Fujisawa SST SQUARE,” its core facility.
Making Forest Information Systems Work for REDD+ and Beyond
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Watch this discussion forum from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. More and more countries have established and institutionalized sustainable, long-term and multi-purpose information systems in the context of REDD+ to support well-informed national policy formulation and decision making at different levels, and to meet national and international reporting needs. This panel discusses if they are used beyond estimating carbon stocks, how they improve global estimates and information, and how they can be most cost effective.
Arctic Traffic
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As climate change melts sea ice and opens the Arctic Ocean to more shipping and oil exploration, marine mammals and native people in small boats are at risk. Watch this video from This American Land and then read a related article from Earth Imaging Journal at http://eijournal.com/print/articles/monitoring-polar-changes-scientists-deploy-many-tools-to-measure-sea-ice-thickness to learn more on this topic.
Read a Map and Use a Compass
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Simon King and Ordnance Survey provide basic instruction on map and compass use.
Environmental Geography
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Students deploy river-temperature sensors to make environmental predictions.
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.
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.
Making Forest Information Systems Work for REDD+ and Beyond
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Watch this discussion forum from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. More and more countries have established and institutionalized sustainable, long-term and multi-purpose information systems in the context of REDD+ to support well-informed national policy formulation and decision making at different levels, and to meet national and international reporting needs. This panel discusses if they are used beyond estimating carbon stocks, how they improve global estimates and information, and how they can be most cost effective.
From Above – Astronaut Photography with Don Pettit
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You've never seen space like this. This short film gives an inside look at how NASA Astronaut Don Pettit captures breathtaking images of Earth's most famous phenomena - aurora, star trails, city lights, and more - from the inside the International Space Station.
CHASING A COMET – The Rosetta Mission
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Among the most fascinating projects in the exploration of the Universe is the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, launched in 2004 to investigate the comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko. For the first time, a spacec...
