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28.12.2012 Anny Cazenave, scientist honored with the 2012 Bowie Medal
Anny Cazenave is awarded with the AGU's highest honor.[more]
18.12.2012 Jason-1: 11 years in orbit!
On December 2012, Jason-1 satellite celebrates 11 years of observations.
13.12.2012 3-9 December 2012 week
Pendant la période glaciaire les icebergs descendaient jusqu'à Miami (Yahoo, 2012/12/08)"Le réchauffement climatique renforce la puissance des typhons" (Le Monde, 2012/12/05)Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses...[more]
07.12.2012 Typhoon Bopha seen by Jason-2
High winds, flooding and landslides from heavy rains with Typhoon Bopha have caused close to 300 deaths in the southern Philippines. Jason-2 has flown over the typhoon path and has observed it.[more]
06.12.2012 November 25 - December 2, 2012 week
La fonte des calottes glaciaires a fait monter les océans de 11mm depuis 1992 (Nouvel Observatoire, 2012/11/29)
La fonte des glaces mesurée précisément par une nouvelle étude scientifique (RFI, 2012/12/01)
Climat : le...[more]
03.12.2012 December 2012: Winds and currents around India
India has a climate much influenced by the ocean. The knowledge of currents is thus of foremost importance for the whole country. Using the full twenty-years time series of altimeter data enables to correlate winds and currents...