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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Envisat satellite helps scanning the North
19 Jul 2013
Envisat data processed for the most accurate biomass map of the Northern Hemisphere
First image of vegetation mapping satellite Proba 5
18 Jul 2013
Vegetation monitoring: First global map of vegetation unveiled
Wild fires in Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory
17 Jul 2013
Climate Change: Wildfires may contribute to global warming
Illustration of Pléiades satellite
16 Jul 2013
Astrium and CNES improve Pléiades image quality
Jason-1 helped to follow changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean
15 Jul 2013
NASA/CNES Ocean satellite retired after successful mission
PIG is the longest and fastest-flowing glacier in the western Antarctic
12 Jul 2013
Antarctic: TerraSAR-X sees crack in Pine Island Glacier
Wildfire smoke is injected high into the atmosphere
11 Jul 2013
Wildfires smoke over Atlantic Ocean tracked by Suomi-NPP satellite
General Assembly Hall
10 Jul 2013
General Assembly sets up new UN forum to boost sustainable development efforts
Heavy rainfall and towering thunderstorms brought by Tropical Storm Chantal
10 Jul 2013
NASA satellites capture Tropical Storm Chantal over the Atlantic
Oil spill and oil fire followed a train derailing in Lac-Mégantic
9 Jul 2013
Canada: International Charter activated for oil spill

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