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Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Credit: Frank Paul, University of Zurich

NASA satellite data helps pinpoint glaciers' role in sea level rise
A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise. The new research found glaciers outside of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, repositories of 1 percent of all land ice, lost an average of 571 trillion pounds (259 trillion kilograms) of mass every year during the six-year study period, making the oceans rise 0.03 inches (0.7 mm) per year.
Source: NASA  
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Clearwater Lakes, Canada. Credit: USGS/ESA

Earth from Space: Clearwater
This Landsat image from 9 September 2010 features the Clearwater Lakes in Canada's Quebec province. Located to the east of the Hudson Bay, what appears to be two separate lakes is actually a single body of water that fills two depressions. The depressions were created by two meteorite impacts, believed to have hit Earth simultaneously up to 290 million years ago.
Source: ESA  
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7th Atmospheric Limb Conference and Workshop

17 - 19 June 2013
Bremen, Germany

The 7th International Atmospheric Limb Conference and Workshop will be held in Bremen, Germany at the "Haus der Wissenschaft" from 17 to 19 June 2013. The conference is hosted by the Institute of Environmental Physics (University of Bremen). The conference will focus on various scientific based topics such as limb and occultation measurements, past, recent and future atmospheric instruments, observation and modelling, spectroscopy, retrieval algorithms and data assimilation.
 
  EO Missions Database   
 
Visit the eoPortal database to find out about spaceborne EO missions and sensors to discover more about past, operational and future missions. This is complemented with a list of airborne sensors.

This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 200 missions in detail. Select a mission and press the Presentation tab to discover a wealth of information.
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