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Landsat watches over the Earth, documenting 28 years of change

2013-05-10 01:47:18| CNET News.com

Collections of Landsat satellite imagery captured over 28 years, combined with Google Earth images, show the changing landscape of life on Earth. [Read more]    

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A Changing Earth Is on Display in Google Timelapse

2013-05-09 23:32:00| TechNewsWorld

Time, Inc., together with Google, the U.S. Geological Survey and Carnegie Mellon University's Create Lab, on Thursday launched a website featuring timelapse animations depicting changes in Earth's surface from 1984 to 2012. The animations are based on satellite images collected as part of the Landsat program, conducted jointly by the USGS and NASA since 1972.

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Charles: 'Climate change sceptics are turning Earth into dying patient'

2013-05-09 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics for turning the Earth into a "dying patient", making his most outspoken criticism yet of the world's failure to tackle global warming just when the heir to the throne is assuming a growing number of the duties of what is supposed to be an apolitical monarchy. Hosting a two-day conference for forest scientists at St James's Palace in London, the Prince of Wales satirised those who stand in the way of climate action, characterising...

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United Kingdom: Oxford alumni condemn choice of Shell to fund earth sciences lab

2013-05-08 20:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The veteran environmental campaigners Jonathon Porritt and Jeremy Leggett are among 100 past and present students and staff who are accusing Oxford University of hypocrisy for accepting funding from Shell for a new earth sciences laboratory. In a letter published in the Guardian on Thursday, the group maintains that Shell is a "particularly inappropriate choice of funder for an earth sciences laboratory". They point out that the Anglo-Dutch company's core business of oil production is in conflict...

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Frodo on top in 'Periodic Table of Middle Earth'

2013-05-07 22:35:45| CNET News.com

Gollum, Bilbo, Sauron, Smaug, and other characters feature as elements in the chart, which was created by a geek chemist. [Read more]    

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