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US Geological Survey awards satellite contracts for environmental monitoring
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) announced the award of three multi-year acquisition contracts for high and moderate-resolution satellite imagery to GeoEye of Dulles, VA, DigitalGlobe of Longmont, CO and SPOT Image Corporation of Chantilly, VA. The contracts will to provide the USGS and other Federal agencies access to commercial satellite data from the US and international marketplace for use in environmental monitoring, land management, energy development, natural hazards mitigation and many other purposes. USGS makes this data electronically accessible to any Federal agency ... |
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European Space Agency contributes to ocean carbon cycle research
The Earth’s oceans play a vital role in the carbon cycle, making it imperative that we understand marine biological activity enough to predict how our planet will react to the extra 25,000 million tonnes of carbon dioxide humans are pumping into the atmosphere annually. The colour of oceanic seawater depends largely on the number of microscopic phytoplankton, marine plants that live in the well-lit surface layer. Just like land-based plants, phytoplankton accumulate carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and store it in their tissues, making them potentially important carbon sinks.
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- New nuclear laboratories to be built at Pacific Northwest, costing US$106m
A joint venture between Lydig Construction Inc. of Spokane, Washington, and George A. Grant Inc. of Richland, Washington, has been selected to complete ...
- Unmanned aircraft to study Southern California smog and its consequences
Using sophisticated unmanned aircraft, research scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego hope to assess Southern California`s potential ...
- Portland GE to install more than 850,000 smart electricity meters
Portland General Electric Company (PGE) (NYSE:POR) this week received approval from the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) to install more than ...
- Los Alamos lab wins pollution prevention awards
Two Awards For “Best-in-Class” programs that protect environment and save money
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a 2008 winner of two Best-in-Class ...
- Euro MPs call for tougher European water quality standards
The European Parliament`s Environment Committee said this week that a further 31 water pollutants, including dioxins and PCBs, should either be considered ...
- Latest technique in climate forecasts shows decrease in UK summer rainfall
Results from the latest multiple model ensemble techniques in climate change forecasting, published by Britain`s Royal Society, indicate that average ...
- WFS receives funding to develop subterranean environmental monitoring system
Thanks to new technology pioneered by WFS, the environmental industry stands to benefit from higher performance, cheaper, and more easily deployable wireless ...
- Mapping wildlife diseases may help prevent their spread
Tracking wildlife disease outbreaks around the world is now possible with another online map that shows where threats to the health of wild animals, domestic ...
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