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Earth-Observation Summit Endorses Global Data Sharing

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Source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/330/6006/902 Science 12 November 2010: Vol. 330. no. 6006, p. 902 DOI: 10.1126/science.330.6006.902 News of the Week Remote Sensing: Earth-Observation Summit Endorses Global Data Sharing Richard Stone BEIJING —Last August, heavy monsoon rains submerged nearly one-fifth of Pakistan, inflicting $43 billion worth of damage. The floodwaters destroyed homes and businesses, washed away bridges and roads, ruined crops, and claimed about 1800 lives. As bad as it was, the toll could have grown in the weeks that followed if not for a novel Earth-observation system featured at a meeting here last week. Waterlogged. This SERVIR-Himalaya analysis shows flooding along the Indus River in Pakistan's Sindh Province last August. CREDIT: ICIMOD, NASA [Larger version of this image] In July