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  • The TRMM satellite passed over Irene when it was a tropical storm on Aug. 21, 2011. Data collected with this orbit showed that Irene contained numerous powerful thunderstorms with TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) revealing that some thunderstorm towers near the center of the storm were reaching to heights above 15 km (~9.3 miles). Credit: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce
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    A Global Search Engine For Geospatial Data
    Articles| Climate| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    If you're a scientist or engineer cobbling together a geospatial project, say you're trying to...
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    GEOSS Reaching Beyond the Core
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    Following the creation of the ad hoc intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations in Washington in...
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    ESA and EC take major step forward in GMES
    Climate| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Politics
    ESA and the European Commission have signed a €48 million grant that will allow the...
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    Scanning the Globe: Standards and New Publications Focus on Earth Observations
    Articles| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    It has become clear in recent years that human beings need to be much more...
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    Data quality for GEOSS: condicio sine qua non.
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    In the last decade, the value of Earth Observation (EO) to society has significantly grown...
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    The ESA-FAO GEOportal - Operational Gateway to GEOSS
    Articles| Feature| GEO/GEOSS News| In This Issue| Original| Sections
    The GEOportal is one of the three candidates developed in response to a set of...
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    Building Capacity For Using Earth Observations
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Technology has made it possible to interlink the world’s observation systems into one “interoperable” Global...
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    A Global Revolution In Earth Management
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections
    Climate change, the depletion of natural resources, the emergence of new diseases, and the loss...
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    The GEO Challenge: An Earthzine Conversation With GEO Secretariat Director José Achache
    Articles| Earth Observation| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Technology
    French geophysicist and GEO Secretariat Director Jose Achache discusses not only the vision, progress and...
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    For The Benefit Of Society
    Earth Observation| Feature| Featured Article| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections| Technology
    Given the IEEE's technical scope and global presence, our 375,000 members have a tremendous opportunity...
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    The Globally-Aware Island: An Earthzine Conversation With Japan’s Shin Aoyama
    Earth Observation| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People
    Earthzine speaks with Japan’s Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and...
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    G-8 Summit Affirms GEOSS
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The G-8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit address on global climate change specifically recognized "the growing demand...
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    Benefits of GEOSS: A Panel Discussion
    Earth Observation| Feature| Featured Article| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Technology
    There are over six billion people on this planet, 193 countries and more than five...
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    GEO BON - First-Ever Global Biodiversity Observation Network Launched
    Articles| Biodiversity| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The GEO and some 80 leading scientific institutes, intergovernmental organizations and national ministries have joined...
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    Final UK plea on Earth observation
    Climate| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News
    Leading Earth observation scientists urge Gordon Brown to back Europe's environmental monitoring project, GMES.
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    GEO Announces Free And Unrestricted Access To Full Landsat Archive
    Articles| Biodiversity| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Bucharest conference to strengthen environmental monitoring of planet Earth Global Earth Observation System of Systems...
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    EUMETSAT Completes 66th Council Meeting With Positive Results
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News
    EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 66th Council meeting...
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    High-altitude aircraft help unravel complexities of atmosphere
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Technology
    Aircraft capable of flying20 km above the surface of the Earth are being used to...
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    Climate satellite set for launch
    Climate| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News
    A Japanese spacecraft is due to launch on a mission to study the concentrations of...
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    An Earthzine interview with Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate-General for Research
    Earth Observation| Economy| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Politics| Technology
    Earthzine presents Part 1 of an exclusive interview with Dr. Zoran Stančič. Dr. Stančič, Deputy...
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    European Union Research Framework Moves GEOSS Forward
    Earth Observation| Feature| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Sections
    In Part 2 of Earthzine's interview with Dr. Zoran Stan€i€, Earthzine probes how Europe's current...
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    About Roy Gibson
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Sections| Technology
    Introduction to Roy Gibson, former director of ESA, at the 50th Anniversary of the Space...
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    GEO Call for Proposals to support decision making—developing countries
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    The Group on Earth Observation has issued a Call entitled "Earth Observations in Decision Support...
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    IEEE Committee on Earth Observation Standards Working Group (ISWG) is recruiting volunteers to build GEOSS
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Imagine a world where adoption of uniform standards for all manner of Earth observation systems...
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    Announcement - GEO-IGOS Symposium: "The Need for Earth Observations: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    To address the challenges of global environmental change, policy-makers and managers need timely access to...
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    Group on Earth Observation Measures GEOSS Progress at GEO Plenary VI
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The GEO Plenary VI in Washington, DC Nov. 17 and 18 drew an international and...
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    Directing the Evolution of GEOSS Technical Architecture
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections
    "As a "system of systems", GEOSS is composed of contributed Earth Observation systems, ranging from...
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    GEO: An Experiment in Governance
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections| Sustainability
    How does the Group on Earth Observation, referenced throughout these pages, actually work? In...
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    AIRNow-International: The Future of the United States Real-time Air Quality Reporting and Forecasting Program with GEOSS participation
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Health| Original| Sections| Technology| Weather
    The goal of AIRNow-International is to strengthen relationships among governments and international organizations by sharing...
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    Announcement - Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. announces a Call for Participation (CFP) in Phase 3 of the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP)
    Announcements| Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) announces a Call for Participation (CFP) in Phase 3...
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    GEO needs stronger political and financial support to succeed
    Articles| Earth Observation| Economy| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Politics| Sections
    Dr. Roy Gibson, first Director General of the European Space Agency and the first Director...
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    The CEOS-Land Surface Imaging Constellation Portal for GEOSS: A resource for land surface imaging system information and data access
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Technology
    Created under the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), the Land Surface Imaging (LSI)...
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    EuroSITES Open Ocean Observatory Network: Monitoring Europe’s Open Ocean
    Articles| Climate| Earth Observation| Ecosystems| GEO/GEOSS News| Oceans| Original| Water
    The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane and tsunami disasters and ocean...
  • Drawing of the Galileo satellite. credit ESA
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    Identifying And Quantifying The Benefits Of GEOSS
    Articles| Earth Observation| Economy| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The European Commission sponsored project ‰ÛÏGlobal Earth Observation ‰ÛÒ Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging‰Û...
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    Tom Wiener on the IEEE’s World Vision and Work with GEO
    Earth Observation| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Water
    IEEE joined the ad hoc Group on Earth Observations in 2004 to help define an...
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    18 Reasons for Open Publication of Geoscience Data
    Articles| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections| Sustainability| Technology
    In this essay, Lance McKee presents his argument (18 reasons) why Earth location-referenced data should...
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    Global Map - Basic Geospatial Information for tackling Global Challenges
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Technology
    The Global Mapping Project is developing a Global Map through an international cooperation of National...
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    Training in GEOSS Common Infrastructure – VIA WEBEX: September 8, 2010
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the GEO Secretariat invite you to participate...
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    Achieving and Sustaining Earth Observations: A Preliminary Plan Based on a Strategic Assessment by the U.S. Group on Earth Observations
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Politics| Sections
    The report by the U.S. Group on Earth Observations to the United States Office of...
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    Earthzine Seeks Science Editor
    Announcements| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Earthzine is recruiting a motivated individual with interest in environmental issues to serve as Science...
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    An Interview with Alberto Moreira, President of GRSS
    Earth Observation| Feature| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Sections
    Dr. Alberto Moreira, president of the IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society, has a dynamic...
  • Lena HÌ_ll Eriksson, head of the Swedish delegation to GEO and Director General of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
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    Sweden Strongly Supports GEOSS Amidst Concern for Climate Change in Arctic Region and Globally
    Climate| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections
    Lena HÌ_ll Eriksson, head of the Swedish delegation to GEO and Director General of the...
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    The GEO and GEOSS process: an Austrian perspective
    Articles| Disasters| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Technology| Weather
    Austria formally joined the Group on Earth Observation in 2009, having participated as an...
  • Meeting room and welcome address of the Austrian GEO principal alternate, Dr. Ernest Rudel
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    First Austrian GEO/GEOSS Workshop Presents Overview of GEO/GEOSS, GMES, INSPIRE
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Quick Looks| Sections
    The first Austrian GEO/GEOSS workshop on 25 November 2010 in Vienna was organized by the...
  • A photo showing the author turning over a cover crop of winter rye on Jan. 2, 2012. In three of the past six years, ground freeze-up, which historically occurred by November, has been delayed into January.
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    The Rationale behind the Biodiversity Information System for North Portugal: The Path for a Strategic and Collaborative Biodiversity Information System
    Articles| Biodiversity| Earth Observation| Ecosystems Theme| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Technology| Themed Articles
    The Biodiversity Information and Monitoring System for Northern Portugal (SIMBioN) is a regional initiative in...
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    Geospatial Standards: Opening Up the Geosciences
    GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections| Sustainability| Technology
    In his second essay on access of geospatial data , Lance McKee argues that the...
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    Take the Survey: GEO Needs Your Input
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The Group on Earth Observations is asking interested parties to complete an online survey for...
  • The above images show a large flooded agricultural area at Mississippi River Mile 502, south of Pittman Island in Issaquena County, Mississippi. Left to right, from top to bottom: Location of the following subset images (red box),NASA UAVSAR color composite image for Flight 09044 (June 2009), UAVSAR color composite image for Flight 11033 (June 2011), and inset showing red pixels classified as water that was present in the 2011 UAVSAR image.
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    GEO Monitors, Analyzes, and Distributes Data on the Japan Disaster
    Disaster Management Theme| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Themed Articles
    International Earth observation agencies are cooperating in the creation of online resources to aid...
  • Map showing Change in the likelihood of summer season drought (defined as a once in ten years event for the late 20th century) by the end of the 21st century
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    Standards Enable Open Geoscience Opportunities
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| OpEd| Original| Sections| Technology
    In his last essay of a three-part series about the role of the Internet in...
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    GEOSS in the Americas Leverages International Resources for Action
    Earth Observation| Earthly Updates| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    What can satellite-based Earth Observation do for the Americas? The possibilities are endless....
  • Photo showing a bunch of hands holding up the earth. Photo: Gandee Vasan/Getty Images
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    Putting Earth Observation Data to Work: The EuroGEOSS Broker (Max Craglia interview)
    Earth Observation| Feature| Featured Person| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| People| Sections
    The first step in making sense of the processes and events that impact the Earth...
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    European Commission to Host July Workshop on Socio-Economic Benefits of GEO-GEOSS
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    A workshop on the socio-economic benefits of GEO-GEOSS is planned for July 11-13 at the...
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    EuroGeoss Web Seminar: “The Earth’s Environment, Observations and Benefits”
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    A EuroGeoss Web Seminar on “The Earth’s Environment, Observations and Benefits” will focus on the...
  • The EUROGEOSS2012 conference logo
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    EuroGEOSS Conference in Madrid to Focus on Solutions
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    ‰ÛÏEuroGEOSS, advancing the vision of GEOSS‰Û is the title of a EuroGEOSS conference in Madrid,...
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    GEO-VIII Plenary Sets Scene for 2012 and Beyond
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    The GEO-VIII Plenary was hosted in Istanbul by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of...
  • Photo showing a bunch of hands holding up the earth. Photo: Gandee Vasan/Getty Images
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    New Tool to Help Monitor the Environment
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Too much data coming from too many sources that use too many different computer systems...
  • St. George‰Ûªs School in BogotÌÁ, Colombia logo
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    Colombian Students Shine Spotlight on Societal Benefit Areas
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| St. George's School| St. George‰Ûªs School poster project
    The Earth Observation Poster Project at St. George's School in BogotÌÁ, Colombia, began as an...
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    The Latest on the Socio-economic Workshop in Boulder
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    A summary of a three-day Workshop on the Socio-economic Benefits of Geospatial Information/GEOSS, set to...
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    GEOSS 2012 Bonn Workshop Addresses Earth Observation for Global Sustainability Research
    GEO/GEOSS News| Millennium Development Goals| Original| Quick Looks| Sections
    In August, the second GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop will be held to discuss...
  • Screenshot from the EuroGEOSS Broker. Source: EuroGEOSS
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    EuroGEOSS Broker: Finding Common Ground for Earth Sciences
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Technology
    An Earth sciences project to increase data interoperability is entering a new phase, allowing users...
  • Participants in the 2012 workshop. Image Source: Courtesy Jay Pearlman.
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    Putting a Value on Geospatial Data
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    The use of geospatial data can spell economic gains for governments and the private sector,...
  • Screenshot from Europe's ground-based Integrated Carbon Observatory System . Credit: ICOS Atmospheric Thematic Center
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    European Efforts to Verify GHG Emissions Reporting
    Articles| Atmospheric Chemistry Theme| Climate| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Themed Articles
    Growing awareness of the deficiencies of today's greenhouse gas inventories is inspiring innovation by scientists,...
  • Photo of traffic in Europe with visible fumes escaping the cars. Credit" Sergiy Serdyuk
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    A GEOSS perspective on Air Quality and Health in Europe: the EGIDA Methodology
    Articles| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Health| Original| Sections
    The air quality issue is a multinational concern and GEOSS seems an ideal approach for...
  • Image of the Svalbard Science Center. Image via WikiArquitectura.
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    Research Centers on Svalbard, Societal Benefits Extend Further
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Quick Looks| Sections
    The monitoring of cold regions was discussed during the recent GEO-IX Plenary Session held in...
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    January Brings GEO’s 10th Plenary Session
    Announcements| Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    From Jan. 15-16, 2014, the GEO Plenary will convene in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss...
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    The Future of Earth Observation – GEO-X
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Plenary
    At the Group on Earth Observations’ 10th Plenary and Ministerial Summit in Switzerland, Jan. 12-17,...
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    GEO XI Takes the Pulse of the Planet
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    Coverage of the GEO XI in Geneva, Nov. 12-14, 2014.
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    GEO-XI on Storify
    Earth Observation| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Announcing the 11th Plenary of the Group on Earth Observations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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    Eye on Earth Summit Comes During a Turning Point for Sustainable Development
    GEO/GEOSS News| Quick Looks| Sections
    Supporting sustainable development requires access to environmental, societal and economic data.
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    A Colorful Approach to Investigating the Red Sea: LearnEO! Offers a Lesson Plan to Map Phytoplankton Phenology
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    An online educational tool called Learn EO! works to provide information and training to help...
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    GEOGLAM Collaboration Builds Bright Future for a Strong Earth Observation Tradition
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    GEOGLAM’s collaboration between Space agencies and advancements in technology are opening the door for critical...
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    GEOGLAM: Working Together to Reduce Poverty and Fight Global Hunger
    GEO/GEOSS News| Water for Agriculture Theme
    A global effort to make agricultural projections available to anyone with an Internet connection may...
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    GEO Helps Launch Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Global data collaboration has long been a driving goal of the Group on Earth Observations....
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    Live Coverage of GEO-XII
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    From Nov. 11-13, 2015, researchers from around the world who depend on and develop Earth...
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    Data to Decisions: GEO Value Plans Workshop for 2016
    Announcements| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Socioeconomic Benefits 2016| Themed Articles
    GEO Value seeks to build a case-based framework for transforming data to action at its...
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    Georgia Water Resources: Groundwater Storage Change and Contamination Risks
    2016 Monthly Focus Topics| GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections| Themed Articles
    The southeastern U.S. is experiencing groundwater decline, and the local geology in southeast Georgia has...
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    Stepping into the SWOS Portal: How Coordination of Data Can Help Protect the World’s Vanishing Wetlands
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Socioeconomic Benefits 2016
    The Earth has lost more than half of its wetland extent since 1900. The satellite-based...
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    GEO Partners with WHO to Support Global Health
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    A new partnership between the Group on Earth Observations and the World Health Organization seeks...
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    GEO Plenary in Russia to Consider Pathway to Sustainable Development Goals
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Quick Looks
    Now beginning its second decade as an organization, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) convenes...
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    Dispatches from GEO XIII: Making Vanishing Forests Visible
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    Regional remote sensing has the capacity to support conservation initiatives at a local level. Partnerships...
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    Dispatches from GEO XIII: A Chilly Perspective - GEO Considers Adding a Cold Regions Initiative
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    The 2016 GEO Plenary will vote on the addition of a Cold Regions Initiative. A...
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    Dispatches from GEO XIII: A Talk with GEO’s New External Relations Manager Steven Ramage
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    In an interview with Earthzine, Steven Ramage, senior external relations manager, discusses his role with...
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    Dispatches from GEO XIII: New GEOSS Portal Intended to Engage Researchers and Public
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    The new GEOSS Portal has been launched, and the renovated interface offers GIS tools and...
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    PREPping Access to Climate Data
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original| Sections
    Through the Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness (PREP), a collaboration between public, private, and government...
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    Seeking Mutual Benefits: Bringing Private Sector Partnerships to GEO
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    As part of its goals for the coming year, GEO is seeking to increase interactions...
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    GEO Plenary XIV and GEO Week 2017 to be Held in Washington, D.C.
    GEO/GEOSS News| Original
    GEO Plenary XIV and the associated GEO Week Conference and exhibition will be held Oct....

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