April 30, 2009
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter April 30, 2009 |
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Satellite imagery shows fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf destabilised
Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf – indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three weeks ago of the ice bridge that had previously linked the Antarctic mainland to Charcot Island. The ice bridge, which effectively formed a barrier pinning back the northern ice front of the central Wilkins Ice Shelf, collapsed on 5 April removing about 330 sq km of ice. As a consequence of the collapse, the rifts, which had already featured along the northern ice front, widened and new cracks formed as the ... |
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Air pollution monitoring market to rise 20% in 2010, says new research
The world market for stack and ambient continuous monitoring plus periodic monitoring and other related services will rise to US$2.2 billion in 2010. This is a 20 percent increase over the projected 2009 market. The rapid expansion in CO2 measurement investment and the increased activity for stack monitoring in Asia will account for most of the increase. These are the conclusions reached in the latest update of the McIlvaine Air Pollution Monitoring and Sampling World Market report. The U.S. EPA has now classified CO2 as an air pollutant. This means that ambient, periodic ... |
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