Source: Greenpeace: Read Full article here: Greenpeace gives Talley’s bottom trawler a new paint job Port Nelson: Greenpeace activists have given Talley’s vessel the Amaltal Enterprise a new paint job this morning, calling for bottom trawling to be banned on seamounts. A small team of activists painted ‘STOP’ on the side of the Amaltal Enterprise at dawn, and…
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Extreme heat has descended on the southwestern United States, with several states enduring temperatures near and above record highs for June. Read More… Source: Read More: Records Fall in Early Summer Heatwave
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In the past decade, unregulated artisanal mines accounted for more deforestation than industrial mines. Read More… Source: Read More: The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
A new study using satellite evidence confirms that a rock and ice avalanche caused the Chamoli disaster in India earlier this year. The resulting mud and debris flood led to massive destruction downstream. Read Full article: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Satellites_reveal_cause_of_Chamoli_disaster
Sediment-rich water from the interior of Madagascar meets the sea in mangrove-fringed Loza Bay. Read More… Source: Read More: An Entanglement of Land and Sea
A phenomenon known as a “heat dome” set the stage for remarkably high temperatures as meteorological summer got under way. Read More… Source: Read More: Heatwave Scorches the Middle East
For the second year in a row, drought has overtaken much of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. Read More… Source: Read More: Western Soils and Plants are Parched
Chongqing, the largest municipality in China, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. Read Full article: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Chongqing_China
NASA plays a role in providing observations and analysis of natural and technological disasters. Read More… Source: Read More: Satellite Observes Ship Fire Off Sri Lanka
As part of ESA’s commitment to develop and build satellite missions that push the boundaries of satellite technology and Earth science, four new mission ideas – Cairt, Nitrosat, Seastar and Wivern – have been selected to enter pre-feasibility study and compete to be the eleventh Earth Explorer mission. Read Full article: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Future_EO/Earth_Explorers/Four_mission_ideas_to_compete_for_Earth_Explorer_11
Forest degradation has become the largest process driving carbon loss in the Brazilian Amazon, according to a recent study using ESA satellite data. Read Full article: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Forest_degradation_primary_driver_of_carbon_loss_in_the_Brazilian_Amazon
Research based on ice-thickness data from ESA’s CryoSat and Envisat missions along with a new model of snow has revealed that sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning twice as fast as thought. Read Full article: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/CryoSat/Arctic_coastal_sea_ice_thinning_twice_as_fast_than_thought
Intense rains during the wet season for a second year in a row have caused trouble for riparian communities near Africa’s largest lake. Read More… Source: Read More: Lake Victoria’s Rising Waters
A rare winter-like storm struck central Chile and Argentina in the middle of austral summer, with drastically different consequences compared to a typical winter storm. Read More… Source: Read More: Dual Storms in the Andes Mountains
The millions of tons of dust lofted out of North Africa each year are a visual reminder of how Earth’s systems are interconnected. Read More… Source: Read More: North Africa Sheds Some Dust
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