November 05, 2009
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter November 05, 2009 |
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ESA calls for ideas for climate change experiments from ISS
ESA is looking for ideas to use the International Space Station as a platform to conduct research into global climate change. The International Space Station (ISS) is a manned orbital platform with a permanent crew of six. Its assembly will be completed next year, providing a multipurpose research facility in low orbit until 2015 and possibly beyond. Europe’s scientific community is already using the ISS in a multitude of areas such as life and microgravity sciences, and now Earth science and climate change initiatives are to be considered too. Potentially, it can be used as an observation platform ... |
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Australian oil spill report confirms need for long term environmental plan
An independent marine scientists` report into the environmental effects of the Montara oil spill says a systematic, long-term monitoring effort is the only way to ascertain the true impacts of the spill on the region`s biodiversity. This supports the Government`s actions to commission a long-term monitoring plan with the company - PTTEP. The report describes the results from a survey of marine life in the region of the Montara oil spill. The seven day survey was undertaken by a team of three marine biologists who studied the birds, marine reptiles and mammals in the area to identify impacts resulting ... |
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