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SKYTRUTH: using remote sensing and digital mapping to educate the public and policymakers about the environmental consequences of human activities
http://www.skytruth.org

On Wednesday, December 21, #SkyTruth obtained a radar #satellite #image showing a major oil spill in the waters off the coast of #Nigeria. The image, taken at approximately 9:30am local time on December 21, 2011 by the ASAR instrument aboard the Envisat satellite operated by the European Space Agency, reveals a slick covering 923 square kilometers (356 square miles). The image may be viewed and downloaded from the SkyTruth blog.

Image #republication is #permitted with the following credit statement:

“Envisat ASAR image analyzed by SkyTruth (http://www.skytruth.org) - data courtesy European Space Agency”

Déjà cité (http://seenthis.net/spip.php?page=recherche&recherche=skytruth), à présent lié...

SkyTruth : l’anti-Yann Arthus Bertrand | Sylvain Lapoix
http://owni.fr/2011/07/19/skytruth-lanti-yann-arthus-bertrand

Depuis 2001, John Amos déploie ses compétences d’analyste d’imagerie satellitaire pour évaluer l’impact environnemental réel des activités humaines. Interview avec celui qui espère faire de SkyTruth un modèle de vérification des données écologiques.

#Activisme #Pouvoirs #Ecologie #gaz_de_schiste #interview #pétrole #photographie #satellite #Skytruth

Nigeria on alert as Shell announces worst oil spill in a decade | Environment | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/22/nigerian-shell-oil-spill

Nigerian coastal and fishing communities were on Thursday put on alert after Shell admitted to an oil spill that is likely to be the worst in the area for a decade, according to government officials..

The company said up to 40,000 barrels of crude oil was spilled on Wednesday while it was transferred from a floating oil platform to a tanker 75 miles off the coast of the Niger delta.

http://www.skytruth.org/images/Shell_Nigeriawithpolygon.jpg

#Nigeria #pétrole #pollution