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01.03.2011 March 2011: 177,000 eddies in the oceans

A new altimetry-based dataset tracks eddies between october 1992 and decembre 2008. Their proprieties and trajectories are thus analysed.
23.02.2011 14-19 February, 2011 week
Les glaciers andins fondent en cascades (Sud Ouest, 2011/02/20)
La surpêche menace d'épuiser les océans dans les prochaines décennies (AFP, 2011/02/19)
Record Melting in Greenland during 2010 (Earthobservatory,...[more]
17.02.2011 February 2011: "Lively currents" plus ten years

With now more than 16 years of altimetry data, get a second look at the variability computed from the whole time series.
16.02.2011 New AVISO CNES data Catalogue online
The new catalogue "AVISO CNES Data Center" is now open!
Link: aviso-data-center.cnes.fr/ssalto
This new interface is used by CNES to archive a wide range of altimetric (including GDRs, SGDRs, etc...) and auxiliary data...[more]
16.02.2011 7-12 February 2011 week
Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January (Earth Observatory, 2011/02/08)
Australie : les inondations détruisent la Grande barrière de corail (Maxisciences, 2011/02/07)
Himalaya : les glaciers fondent, mais plus...[more]
10.02.2011 40th anniversary for the French space geodesy research centre

GRGS (Groupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale), the French space geodesy research centre celebrates its 40 years of research on 17 February 2011. [more]
10.02.2011 High Mediterranean Sea Level Anomalies

High positive Sea Level Anomalies are currently observed in Mediterranean Sea. Consequence of negative NAO index ?