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• Geography
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  Global Space Cooperation For Disaster Relief

  January 11, 2005 — The recent tragedy striking the coastlines of the Indian Ocean has highlighted the benefits of international cooperation in Earth Observation for the management of disaster relief, while ... > full story
• Air Quality
  Environmental Issues
  Ozone Holes
  Pollution
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
   
  

  NASA's Aura Satellite Sheds New Light On Air Quality And Ozone Hole

  December 17, 2004 — NASA scientists announced the agency's Aura spacecraft is providing the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and many other pollutants affecting air ... > full story
• Atmosphere
  Environmental Issues
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Air Quality
  Weather
   

  Stratosphere Temperature Data Support Scientists' Proof For Global Warming

  November 29, 2004 — A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is ... > full story
• Wild Animals
  Geography
  Nature
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Endangered Animals
   

  Elephants In Space

  November 23, 2004 — Scientists with the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recently been counting their zoo animals from a lofty perch: namely, outer space. Using high-tech cameras fixed to an ... > full story
• Satellites
  NASA
  Earth Science
  Space Exploration
  Black Holes
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time

  October 22, 2004 — An international team of NASA and university researchers has found direct evidence confirming earlier findings that the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it ... > full story
• Ozone Holes
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Atmosphere
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
   
  

  Protecting Our Planet's Ozone Layer

  October 5, 2004 — Monitoring our planet's atmosphere has become an international priority. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is using instruments on several satellites to follow the evolution ... > full story
• Beer and Wine
  Weather
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  Agriculture and Food
  Earth Science
  Air Quality
   
  

  Improving Wine With Satellites

  September 20, 2004 — The wine harvest has begun in many regions of Europe. Will it be a vintage year, what will quantities be like? Every vineyard owner has their own idea. But specialist engineers and administrations ... > full story
• Satellites
  Space Missions
  ESA
  Space Probes
  Space Station
  Astronomy
   
  

  Watery Load For Ariane 5 ECA

  September 20, 2004 — When the Ariane 5 ECA qualification flight lifts off in October, one of the ‘passengers’ will be 33.5 litres of water. Onboard will be the experimental Sloshsat-FLEVO satellite, designed ... > full story
• Water
  Geography
  Weather
  Drought Research
  Environmental Issues
  Ecosystems
   
  

  NASA Satellites Allow USDA To See World's Lakes Rise And Fall

  August 30, 2004 — A few NASA satellites designed to study heights of Earth's ocean surfaces are now also coming in handy for tracking water levels of inland lakes and ... > full story
• Stars
  Satellites
  ESA
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Astronomy
  Space Missions
   
  

  Second Double Star Satellite Successfully Launched

  July 26, 2004 — Double Star will operate alongside ESA’s quartet of Cluster satellites to closely study the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetic field. Together, these missions ... > full story

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