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“Iceberg-tsunami” on icelandic Jökulsárlón lagoon

April 24, 2018June 21, 2018 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Last acquired Copernicus Sentinel-2B image captured an unusual event on the Jökulsárlón lagoon in Iceland where a mini-tsunami was generated by a massive calving on Breiðamerkurjökull outlet glacier. An iceberg had broken off the glacier and was in the process of … Continue reading “Iceberg-tsunami” on icelandic Jökulsárlón lagoon

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Intense Dust Storms in Africa

April 6, 2018June 8, 2018 Sardegna Clima Onlus

In late March 2018, strong winds caused by a train of low-pressure areas appeared to fuel the flow of dust across Africa. Dust storms are quite common during the Spring in the Sahara, because the weather used to change with … Continue reading Intense Dust Storms in Africa

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Flooding in Madagascar, a first assessment from Satellite

January 12, 2018March 2, 2018 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island, and due to its position in the middle of Indian Ocean is regularly hit by cyclones between the months of November and April. The last tropical cyclone “Ava” hit the island country off the southeastern … Continue reading Flooding in Madagascar, a first assessment from Satellite

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Kutupalong, the largest refugees camp in the World

December 22, 2017February 2, 2018 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Kutupalong refugee camp is a refugee camp located in Ukhia, Bangladesh inhabited mostly by Rohingya Muslims that have fled from persecution in neighboring buddhist Myanmar country. It recently became the largest refugee settlement in the world hosting almost 600,000 occupants. … Continue reading Kutupalong, the largest refugees camp in the World

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Tidal monitoring with Sentinel-2

December 1, 2017December 22, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Tidal phenomenon along the shores was well known since the prehistoric era, but a long trip of investigations through the centuries was necessary from the Greco-Roman Antiquity to the modern era to unravel in a quasi-definitive manner many secrets of … Continue reading Tidal monitoring with Sentinel-2

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Bogoslof Island: a puzzle for geographers.

November 7, 2017December 1, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Bogoslov Island has a Russian sounding name and indeed belongs to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska which was sold by Russia to United States in 1867. It is actually the summit of a stratovolcano 1800 m height from the seabed and emerged … Continue reading Bogoslof Island: a puzzle for geographers.

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Rapid mapping of moving Glaciers

October 4, 2017November 7, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Responsible for the 10% of Greenland icebergs, the Jakobshavn Glacier is one of the largest outlet glaciers in the world. According to recent scientific studies it is also one of the fastest moving glaciers on Earth, Its speed can in … Continue reading Rapid mapping of moving Glaciers

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Amazonia Deforestation from Sentinels

September 20, 2017October 14, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

The Amazon rainforest represents over half of the planet’s remaining equatorial forests. A real Earth’s hearth and lungs threatened by the human uncontrolled activity. Its deforestation started mainly in the early seventies after the opening of the trans-Amazonian highway (1972). Amongst the … Continue reading Amazonia Deforestation from Sentinels

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Once upon a time in the Nuclear Old West

July 26, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

There is a place in the middle of the Old Wild West, which in the recent past earned the nickname of “the most bombed place on Earth”. We are in the Nevada Test Site (USA) 105 Kilometers northwest from Las … Continue reading Once upon a time in the Nuclear Old West

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Chittagong, where ships go to die

June 26, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Bangladesh is one of the largest ships breaking country in the world. This happens there because Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries, environmental standard are very low, and workers are very cheep and willing to risk their life every … Continue reading Chittagong, where ships go to die

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