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2008-11-03 November 2008: Counting icebergs
Small icebergs in open seas can be detected using altimetry, in the return echoes (or waveforms). Such detection can help counting the icebergs, and thus the ice caps response to climate.
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2008-11-20 Fierce gale for the Vendée Globe fleet
The 2008 edition of the Vendee Globe is launched. From the Gulf of Biscay, to intrepid howls of fifties, the road to the South is long. The LAS can help us to imagine the real conditions faced by lonely sailors.
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2008-11-27 GFO : the end of a long run
Launched in February 1998, GFO is now arriving at the end of its mission. After an onboard problem of overheating reaction wheels last September, GFO's transmitter was turned off for the final time. The final orbit manoeuver was...
2008-11-26 17-22 November, 2008 week
La mer monte encore mais pas toujours pour les mêmes raisons (INSU, 2008/11/19)
La fonte des glaces, principal responsable de la hausse du niveau marin depuis 2003 (Libération, 2008/11/18)
Scientists take experiment to river...
2008-11-19 9-15 November, 2008 week
Des inondations souterraines accélèrent la fonte des glaces ( L'Internaute, 2008/11/16)
Réchauffement: mutation climatique profonde et irréversible de l'Arctique (l'Internaute, 2008/11/13)
Arctique: les glaces fondent, les...
2008-11-14 3-8 November 2008, week
Le CNES embarqué dans le Vendée Globe (CNES, 2008/11/07)
Sur 5.000 ans, c'est ces dernières décennies que le climat a le plus changé (L'Internaute, 2008/11/07)
L'épaisseur de la banquise arctique a chuté durant l'hiver...
2008-11-05 27-31 October, 2008 week
Les activités humaines, causes du réchauffement des pôles, selon une étude (L'Internaute, 2008/10/31)
Un secteur loin de sa maturité (Le Monde, 2008/10/29) article complet disponible en version papier
Arctic sea ice thinning at...