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Earth from Space: Yellow River, Sea and sand06 December 2012
Earth from Space: Yellow River, Sea and sand06 December 2012 Northern China is pictured is this week’s image from the Envisat satellite.
Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses30 November 2012
Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses30 November 2012 After two decades of satellite observations, an international team of experts brought together by ESA and NASA has produced the most accurate assessment of ice losses from Antarctica and Greenland to date. This study finds that the combined rate of ic...
Earth from Space: Snowy Siberia30 November 2012
Earth from Space: Snowy Siberia30 November 2012 North central Siberia is pictured in this Envisat image from 5 March 2012. An enormous area in north Asia, Siberia spreads from the Urals in the west to the Okhotsk Sea in the east, from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the borders of Kazakhstan, Mong...
Earth from Space: Mediterranean pearls23 November 2012
Earth from Space: Mediterranean pearls23 November 2012 This Envisat image shows the island of Elba off Italy’s north western coast. To the east is the Italian mainland and region of Tuscany, while the small island of Pianosa is visible in the lower-left corner.
Norwegian Sea’s ups and downs20 November 2012
Norwegian Sea’s ups and downs20 November 2012 An anticlockwise rotation of sea-surface height patterns has been observed near Norway’s west coast. Archived data from radar altimeters on the ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat satellites show the wave-like motion around the centre of the Lofoten Basin. The...
Earth from Space: Mountains of hunger16 November 2012
Earth from Space: Mountains of hunger16 November 2012 The Tibesti Mountains, located mostly in Chad with the northern slopes extending into Libya, are captured in this Envisat image.
