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Book Review : “A Natural History of Time”

This excellent book must now be regarded as the preferred starting point for anyone wishing to understand the history of efforts to know the earth’s age. click for more...

 
7 New Books
Carbon Footprint of Nations website wins recognition

How much carbon does your country emit - and where does it come from? Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Professor Edgar Hertwich and colleague Glen Peters wanted to know the answer to that question - and created a website to do so. click for more...

 
Some interesting pages on volcanos

The pages refer to research projects, some completed and some ongoing, and is for general interest. click for more...

 
 

Geoscience Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshops 2010

A short Report on the GIFT workshops organised this year by the EGU Committee on Education click for more...

 
 
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EARTH FROM SPACE

EARTH FROM SPACE
Ash spewing from Iceland’s volcano, Credits: ESA

19 April 2010.- In this image taken just under two hours ago (14:45 CET) by ESA’s Envisat satellite, a heavy plume of ash from the Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano is seen travelling in a roughly southeasterly direction.

The volcano has been emitting steam and ash since its recent eruptions began on 20 March, and as observable, the emissions continue. The plume, visible in brownish-grey, is approximately 400 km long.

Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer instrument (MERIS) acquired this image on 19 April, while working in Full Resolution Mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 m.

Envisat will continue to monitor the situation. To see the latest satellite images over the area, simply visit our MIRAVI website. MIRAVI, which is free and requires no registration, generates images from the raw data collected by MERIS and provides them online within two hours.

 

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COSPAR Awards 2010

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