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From #69 and above:

A68: World's biggest iceberg is on the move
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48920168

 

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Title Gran Canaria wildfire
Released 21/08/2019 9:56 am
Copyright contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Description
An unprecedented wildfire has ripped through the island of Gran Canaria, one of Spain’s Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa. The wildfire, which started on Saturday 17 August, has now started to subside after engulfing around 10 000 hectares of land, leading to the evacuation of over 9000 people.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2019/08/Gran_Canaria_wildfire

Certainly getting the data back from the Sentinel series.

 

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Title Amery Iceberg
Released 01/10/2019 5:00 pm
Copyright ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Description
A huge iceberg has broken off the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Dubbed D28, the iceberg is around 1600 sq km – about the size of Greater London. Approximately 30 km wide and 60 km long, it is estimated to weigh over 300 billion tonnes.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2019/10/Amery_Iceberg

 

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Smoke and flames in Australia

http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/01/Smoke_and_flames_in_Australia

Horrific indeed. Best wishes to all and hope it finishes soon.

 

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As anticipated, Pine Island Glacier, known as PIG for short, in Antarctica has just spawned a huge iceberg. At over 300 sq km, about the size of Malta, this huge berg very quickly broke into many ‘piglet’ pieces the largest of which is dubbed B-49. Thanks to images from the Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions, two large rifts in the glacier were spotted last year and scientists have been keeping a close eye on how quickly these cracks were growing.

www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2020/02/Pine_Island_Glacier_spawns_piglets

 

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Antarctica's big new iceberg: Up close with B49

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51479329

 

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Coronavirus: nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy

http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/V...us_nitrogen_dioxide_emissions_drop_over_Italy

 

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http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/V...us_nitrogen_dioxide_emissions_drop_over_Italy

In the days following the September 11 attacks, vast majority of US air traffic was grounded. As a result, fewer clouds were created because there were no contrails and the temperature over the US increased by several degrees.

 

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Italy’s efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease has led to a decrease of boat traffic in Venice’s famous waterways – as captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/04/Deserted_Venetian_lagoon

 

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The world's biggest iceberg, A-68, just got a little smaller.
At around 5,100 sq km, the behemoth has been the largest free-floating block of ice in Antarctica since it broke away from the continent in July 2017.
But on Thursday, it dropped a sizeable chunk measuring about 175 sq km.
The iceberg is currently moving north from the Antarctic Peninsula. Having entered rougher, warmer waters - it is now riding currents that should take it towards the South Atlantic.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52395008

 

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A new online platform that allows for the tracking of air pollution worldwide is now available to the public. The maps, which use data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, show the averaged nitrogen dioxide concentrations using a 14-day moving average. The maps not only show changes over time on a global scale, but also provide the possibility for users to zoom in to areas of interest, for example any city or region over Europe.

https://maps.s5p-pal.com/

http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/06/Global_air_pollution_maps_now_available

 

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Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and ESA’s Aeolus satellite show the extent of this year’s summer dust plume, dubbed ‘Godzilla,’ on its journey across the Atlantic.

Nice picture.

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Satellites_track_unusual_Saharan_dust_plume

 

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More penguin droppings.

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Ob...2/Discovering_new_penguin_colonies_from_space

 

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Germany land motion mapped

Tiny shifts in the land surface across the whole of Germany have been mapped for the first time, with the help of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission.

www.esa.int

 

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Iceberg A68a is back...

A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia

If the world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Copernicus Sentinel-6 sealed in rocket fairing

As preparations for the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich continue, the team at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has bid farewell to the satellite as it is sealed from view within the two half-shells of its Falcon 9 rocket fairing. Liftoff is now set for 21 November at...

www.esa.int

 

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Giant berg on collision course with South Georgia

Giant berg on collision course with South Georgia

www.esa.int

 

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Mission control ready for Sentinel liftoff

After countless simulations and a dress rehearsal, ESA's flight control team are ready for liftoff

www.esa.int

 

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ESA - Sea-level monitoring satellite in position for liftoff

With liftoff set for today at 17:17 GMT (18:17 CET, 09:17 PST), the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is poised for liftoff – atop a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US.

 

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Who wants to know, who this Michael Freilich is, here is a short biography of the former director of NASAs Earth science division, from 2006 to 2019. He might not have been very famous outside well-informed circles, but he really did a great job there. For example, he was responsible for using the ISS as rather unconventional Earth science platform, using the flexibility and orbit ground track for example for observing volcanic eruptions from space.

Michael Freilich, former NASA Earth Science director and Haverford College graduate, dies at 66

Dr. Freilich, who grew up in Ardmore, was honored by NASA and its international partners in January. They renamed an ocean-observing satellite after him.

www.inquirer.com