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Development of Google Earth a watershed moment for the environment

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2009

Deforestation maps for Sumatra now available on Google Earth

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2009

Advancements in satellite technology will help scientists and policy makers map and monitor forest carbon

Mongabay.com 29 Mar 2009

37,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest destroyed or damaged in 2008

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2009

Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite crashes immediately after launch

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2009

Google Earth now allows ocean exploration, tracking of sharks

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Camera trap photos reveal bushmeat hunting threat to jaguars in Ecuador

Julie Larsen Maher 27 Jan 2009

New global temperature record expected in the next 1-2 years

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2009

Selective logging occurs in 28 percent of world’s rainforests

Jeremy Hance 13 Jan 2009

Photos: Google Earth used to find new species

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2008

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2008

Rainforest canopy-penetrating technology gets boost for forest carbon monitoring

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2008

Palm oil companies propose satellite monitoring of their plantations to ensure sustainability

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2008

Ozone hole is second-largest on record in 2008

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2008

Brazil to have high resolution imagery for 86% of the Amazon by year end

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2008

Rare Amur leopard photographed for the first time with kill

Jeremy Hance 8 Oct 2008

Arctic sea ice falls to second lowest on record

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2008

NASA: Sea ice melt opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2008

Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2008

Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2008

Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 26 Aug 2008

Google Earth reveals cattle have a built-in compass

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2008

NASA images reveal two massive glaciers breaking apart in Greenland

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2008

Smoke from Amazon fires reduces local rainfall

Mongabay.com 14 Aug 2008

New mapping system shows how detailed climate changes will affect species

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2008

NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2008

Developing the world’s most sophisticated program for mapping endangered species

Jeremy Hance 4 Aug 2008

Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2008

First carbon map of America released by NASA

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2008

Rainforest destruction becomes industry-driven, concentrated geographically

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2008

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