http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/12/new-understanding-of-soil-quality-throughout-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/12/new-understanding-of-soil-quality-throughout-africa/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:06:21 +0000 Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32904 A new interactive mapping tool lets users visualize a broad range of soil data for the continent of Africa. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/12/new-understanding-of-soil-quality-throughout-africa/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/bottom-up-or-top-down-another-way-to-look-at-an-air-quality-problem/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/bottom-up-or-top-down-another-way-to-look-at-an-air-quality-problem/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:40:38 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23534 While not all countries have the financial wherewithal and capacity to deploy ground-based instruments for air-quality monitoring, and for some countries monitoring information is not available to the public, for example, through health advisories, another way exists to assess air pollution levels: through satellites.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/bottom-up-or-top-down-another-way-to-look-at-an-air-quality-problem/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/09/health-risks-from-famine-likely-to-persist/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/09/health-risks-from-famine-likely-to-persist/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:58:59 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18346 Video Short: IRI's Madeleine Thomson discusses the short- and long-term health risks of the East Africa famine]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/09/health-risks-from-famine-likely-to-persist/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/28/hybrid-climate-data-for-east-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/28/hybrid-climate-data-for-east-africa/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:56:20 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18350 In our latest video interview, climate scientist Tufa Dinku talks about his work on combining weather station data with satellite information to generate high-resolution data sets. These data could be used for making more accurate forecasts and can feed into other climate risk management activities, such as early-warning systems. With funding from Google.org, Dinku and [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/28/hybrid-climate-data-for-east-africa/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/remote-sensing-critical-for-monitoring-drought/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/remote-sensing-critical-for-monitoring-drought/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:58:09 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16969 Remote sensing scientist Pietro Ceccato talks about how satellite information is being used to monitor conditions in East Africa.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/remote-sensing-critical-for-monitoring-drought/feed/ 1