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2013 Geospatial World Forum to Focus on Monetization

Geospatial world forum logoHow can we monetize geospatial data and applications? The answer is not so obvious. For years, this topic was reserved to scientists who used geospatial data for research.

The Human Dimension of Thetford Forest

 NASAOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - To celebrate Earth Day, Earth Observatory released a series of five puzzlers.

Dot Earth Blog: An Earth Scientist Explores the Biggest Climate Threat: Fear

Originally Published by The NY Times

– A veteran earth scientist pushes back against dystopian depictions of global warming and the human response.    

March of the Beekeepers protest held over pesticides

 BBCOriginally Published by The Guardian - The Guardian reports from the March of the Beekeepers, a protest in Parliament Square against the UK's opposition to an EU plan to ban insecticides linked to serious harm in bees

Maltese army polices hunting season

Originally Published by BBC News

– The Maltese government has had to draft in its armed forces to help police its controversial spring hunting season.

Can science stop the stink bug invasion?

 BBCOriginally Published by The BBC - Can wasps beat back a stink bugs invasion?

Drought in New Zealand

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– Lush green landscapes in New Zealand’s North Island took on a browner hue in summer 2013, as the area contended with one of the worst droughts in decades.

Penetrating Tree Cover to See the Forest Floor

 NASAOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - JPL’s airborne radar instrument opens up a view of tropical wetlands and forest around the Napo River.

New Technology Inspires a Rethinking of Light

Originally Published by The NY Times

– Beyond the energy and cost savings, new types of lighting are now envisioned as ways to heal, soothe, invigorate or protect people.

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