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　　For over 40 years, satellites have been orbiting the Earth

quietly monitoring the state of our planet. Unseen by most of us,

they are providing information on the many changes taking place,

from movements in the land and volcanic eruptions, to human-caused

changes such as the growth of cities, deforestation and the spread

of pollutants in the atmosphere and oceans. Led by four editors

with support from a production team at NASA Goddard Space Flight

Center, many of the world's top remote sensing scientists showcase

some spectacular and beautiful satellite imagery along with

informed essays on the science behind these images and the

implications of what is shown. This is a stunningly attractive and

informative book for anyone interested in environmental issues and

the beauty of our home planet, providing inspiration for students,

teachers, environmentalists and the general public alike.

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Dynamic Atmosphere: 1. The dynamic atmosphere:

introduction

2. Clouds: are the shutters of the Earth changing?

3. Cloud optical and microphysical properties

4. Clouds and the Earth's radiation budget

5. Water vapour

6. A world of rain

7. Hurricanes: connections with climate change

8. Lightning

9. Warming and cooling of the atmosphere

10. Dust in the wind

11. Atmospheric pollution: a global problem

12. Ship tracks

13. Airplane contrails

14. Weekly cycle of nitrogen dioxide pollution from space

15. The ozone hole

16. The chlorine threat to Earth's ozone shield

Part II: Vital Land: 17. The vital land: introduction

18. The San Andreas Fault: adjustments in the Earth's crust

19. Mount Pinatubo: an enduring volcanic hazard

20. Extreme floods

21. Satellite monitoring of Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever

epidemics

22. Snow cover: the most dynamic feature on the Earth's

surface

23. Glaciers: scribes of climate

harbingers of change

24. Boreal forests: a lengthening growing season

25. Soil moisture: a critical underlying role

26. The sunlit Earth

27. Temperature of the land surface

Part III. The Restless Ocean: 28. The restless ocean:

introduction

29. Ocean bathymetry and plate tectonics

30. Ocean surface topography and circulation

31. Heat in the ocean

32. Sea level rise

33. Tides

34. Winds over ocean

35. The stormy Atlantic

36. The ocean biosphere

37. Coccolithophores and the 'Sea of Milk'

38. Coral bleaching

39. Hunting red tides from space

40. Marine sediments

41. Tsunamis

Part IV. The Frozen Caps: 42. The frozen caps: introduction

43. Antarctica: a continent revealed

44. Ice sheets on the move

45. Ice sheets and the threat to global sea level

46. The great white ocean: the Arctic's changing sea ice

cover

47. Bound together: Arctic sea ice, ocean and atmosphere

48. Sea ice: the shifting crust of the southern ocean

49. Antarctic polynyas: ventilation, bottom water, and high

productivity for the world's oceans

Part V. Evidence of our Tenure: 50. Evidence of our tenure:

introduction

51. Mapping the ancient Maya landscape from space

52. Global land use changes

53. The changing role of fire on Earth

54. The tropical rain forest: threatened powerhouse of the

biosphere

55. The green wave

56. Monitoring urban areas globally and locally

57. Gray wave of the great transformation

58. Urban heat islands

59. Urbanization in China: The Pearl River Delta example

60. Water issues in the fertile crescent: irrigation in

south-eastern Turkey

61. Chronicling the destruction of Eden: the draining of the Iraqi

marshes

62. Destruction of the Aral Sea

63. The desiccation of Lake Chad

64. Industrial pollution in the Russian Arctic

65. Oil spills at sea

Epilogue

Glossary

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Index.

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