Nigeria John Molefe / Botswana Elitsa Peneva / Kenya Abdullah Daud / Las Vegas / Durban / Federation / States Hua Shi / Kenya Dan Claasen / Mexico City / Information Database / Sydney / Washington / DC / Yungay City / Rome / Banjul / Mexico Ragna Godtland / Chicago / Central America / India Anil Raghavan / Kenya Jesper Koefed / Tehran / Chernobyl / Lima / Paris / Kenya Christian Lambrechts / Delhi / Lincoln / Terralingua / Santa Cruz / Caracas / States Erika Monnati / Tripoli / Pasadena / Jesüs Campos Enríquez / States Shingo Ikeda / India Ryan Reker / Phnom Penh / Bulgaria Anup Prasad / Beijing / Earth Observatory / London / Jardin Botanique / Dhaka / Kanpur; United States / /
Company
Applications Inc. / Economic Co / CNPPA CO / Associated Press / Intergraph / LDCs LHWP LLDCs LP / India Rebecca Lindsey / Coastal / NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Reflection Radiometer British Broadcasting Corporation / SRTM / Pacific Science Applications International Corporation / DigitalGlobe / Science Applications International Corporation / Amazon / Science Systems / Earth Satellite Corporation / Renewable Energy / Exploration Association Ltd. / Boeing / MODIS Land Group / NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise / MODIS Atmosphere Group / /
Continent
Africa / Asia / South America / Europe / North America / /
Country
Ecuador / Venezuela / Greenland / Guatemala / Namibia / Lesotho / Thailand / Kenya / Pakistan / Brazil / Dominican Republic / North Korea / United Kingdom / China / Scotland / Finland / Mexico / Mozambique / Kuwait / Chile / Kazakhstan / Congo / Sri Lanka / Malaysia / Syria / Nigeria / Madagascar / Papua New Guinea / Bolivia / Spain / Senegal / Turkmenistan / Netherlands / Cambodia / South Africa / Peru / Honduras / Egypt / France / Japan / Uganda / Canada / Australia / Tanzania / Slovakia / Philippines / Tibet / Iraq / India / Germany / Romania / Saudi Arabia / Haiti / Bangladesh / Laos / Iran / Brunei / Libya / Poland / Gambia / Indonesia / Turkey / Russia / Jordan / United States / Singapore / Ukraine / South Korea / Greece / Czech Republic / /
National Center / University of Illinois / International Institute / Moscow State University / Freiberg University / Limited University College / Challawa Gorge Dam / University of Georgia / Environment International Institute of Earthquake Engineering / University of Chicago Press / Morgue File / University of Cambridge / Ok Tedi Mine / University of Nebraska / Weipa Bauxite Mine / Agriculture/Foreign Agricultural Service University of San Francisco United States Geological Survey Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Universal Time / Vandenberg Air Force Base / Indian Institute of Remote Sensing / University of Geneva / University Centre / Three Gorges Dam / Resources Institute / Columbia University / University of WisconsinMadison / Regional Resource Centre / Providence College / Global Land Cover Facility / Atatürk Dam / Earth Observatory / Southern Cross University / Seismology Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur International Programs Center / Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur / Korea Regional Resource Centre / University of Applied Sciences / University of Maryland / U.S Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Centre / Concerned Scientists Upper Green River Basin United Nations University of North Dakota United Nations / /
IndustryTerm
petroleum gas / food / energy / environmental systems / operational monitoring services / asset management / satellite data / insurance risk assessment / transportation / imaging / /
NaturalFeature
Thar Desert / Rain forests / Gangotri Glacier / Boreal Forest / Lake Victoria / Lake Mead / Olduvai Gorge / Ninnis Glacier / Lake Maracaibo / Subtropical Forest / Indian Ocean / Mount St. Helens / Persian Gulf / Kilauea Volcano / Aral Sea / Gulf of Mexico / Lake Chad / Temperate Forest / Gulf of Fonseca / Lake Chapala / Mt. Kilimanjaro / Coral Reefs / Dead Sea / Isahaya Bay / Mt. Kenya / Kolka Glacier / Lake Hamoun / Mt. Etna / Sahara / Caspian Seas / Tropical Forest / Lake Nakuru / /
Organization
United States Census Bureau / Society for Range Management Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Thematic Mapper Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Technical / Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Federal Emergency Management Agency Famine Early Warning Systems Friends / University of Maryland / U.S Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Centre / Division of Early Warning / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / International Atomic Energy Agency / Freiberg University / World Global Resource Information Database Goddard Space Flight Center / Forestry & Ecology Division / IUCN / American Association for the Advancement of Science Action / United Nations Development Programme / Kipini Conservancy / Foreseeable Development Republic of Korea Regional Resource Centre for Asia / Department of Humanitarian Affairs / Indian Institute of Technology / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / International Institute / University of Georgia / Indian Institute of Remote Sensing / Atmospheric Research National Center for Public Policy Research National Contractor Referrals / United States Department of Energy / Centimetres Commission on National Parks / START Scientific Committee on Problems / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development / University of Illinois / USGS EROS Data Center / University of Chicago Press / United Nations / Institute for Environmental Studies / Energy and Resources Institute / USGS Terrestrial Remote Sensing Flagstaff Field Center / University Centre for Engineering Geodynamics and Monitoring / United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service / Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry / Environmental Protection Agency / Church Together Agriculture Economic Research Service / Columbia University / World Conservation Monitoring Centre Wildlife Conservation Society / Refugees United Nations Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy / University of Geneva / United Nations University / International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited International Union for Conservation of Nature / National Center / United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees / Department of Economic and Social Affairs / OECD / Conflict and Environment International Institute of Earthquake Engineering / United Nations Population Fund / U.S. Department of Defense / Moscow State University / National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / University of WisconsinMadison / Regional Resource Centre for Asia / United States Agency for International Development / Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur / South Dakota School of Mines and Technology / Urbana-Champaign Department of Environment / Transport and Regions / Air Pollution Center for Integral Surveys / International Earth Science Information Network Commonwealth of Independent States Inter-professional Technical Centre for Research / Support Services Contractor Union Carbide Corporation Union Carbide India Limited University College London Union / University of Nebraska / San Francisco United States Geological Survey Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Universal Time / European Union / Population Reference Bureau / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Scripps Institution of Oceanography Spanish National Hydrological Plan Southern Nevada Water Authority Sulfur / Industrial Research Organisation Climatological Solar Radiation Department of Atmospheric Sciences / Tanzania World Health Organiation World Meteorological Organization World Resources Institute World Wildlife Fund World Wildlife Fund / National Parks and Protected Areas Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide Center / United Nations Environment Programme / United States Department of Agriculture / Nature and Natural Resources Japanese Association of Mathematical Sciences Japan Resources Observation System Organization Kara-Bogaz-Gol / African Wildlife Foundation / Canadian International Development Agency Center / Department of Biology / Earthquake Engineering and Seismology Indian Institute / University of Applied Sciences / Federal Emergency Management Agency / Korea European Environment Agency Energy Information Administration / UNHCR UN / University of Cambridge / Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Federal Emergency Management Agency Famine Early Warning Systems Friends of the Earth Europe Foot/Feet GEF GEO GEO3 GHG GIS GLC GLCF GPS GPW GRID GSFC H2O HEAVEN HFCs HNO3 hPa IIASA IAEA ICE IIEES IITK IPC IPCC ISDR ITOPF IUCN JAMS JAROS KBG / Center for Sustainability / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / International United States Agency for International Development / Providence College / Friends of the Earth / United States National Park Service / Southern Cross University / University of San Francisco / Technology Kanpur International Programs Center / /
Person
Daniel Amamoo-Otchere / Robert Campbell / Shalini Venkataraman / Ben White / Rachel Kurtz Janice Nelson / David McKee / Christopher Elvidge / Anup Prasad / Jesús Campos Enrîquez / Simon Tsuo / Dominique del Pietro / Erika Monnati / Santiago Multispectral / Thomas Lang / Leena Srivastava / Saman Salari Sharif / Hua Shi / David P. Shorthouse / Jean-Michel Jaquet / Wang Wenjie / Olga Tutubalina / Lily-Rose Maida Awori / Randy Cyr / ESA ETM FAO FEMA FEWS / Hassan Partow / José de Jesús Campos / Sergey Chernomorets / James Rowland Pat Scaramuzza / Luisa Maffi / Mike Escobar / Nicole Strub / Ellen Carnevale / John Townshend / Peter Aengst / Peter Bardos-Déak / Huang He Delta / Beth Allen / Jeff Danielson Chandra Giri Nazmul / Jon Christopherson Jeff Danielson Chandra / Chandra Giri / Paul Davis / Anil Raghavan / Robert Simmon / Johannes Akiwumi / Walter Silverio / Philip Wijmans / Pascal Peduzzi / Kevin Connors / John Molefe / Ryan Reker / Can / Christian Lambrechts / Jim Welch / James W. Merchant / Kenneth Boulding / Scott Polar / Volker Quaschning / Asante Roger Auch Jon Christopherson Jeff / Abdullah Daud / Dan Claasen / Chandra Giri Nazmul Hossain Rynn / Ramesh P. Singh / Ron Beck John Faundeen Tom Holm Rachel / Marc Imhoff / Jonathan M. Adams / Dmitry Petrakov / Tom Holm Rachel Kurtz Janice / Wesley Wettengel / Craig Mayhew / Stephan Volz / Claudio Donoso / Juan Schlatter / Lyn Topinka / /
Position
contractor / Lament The Technologist / Conservationist / Corporal / Prince / /
Product
Cambridge / GEO GEO3 GHG / /
ProvinceOrState
British Columbia / Utah / California / Illinois / Papua / Nebraska / North Dakota / Hawaii / Washington / Arunachal Pradesh / Maryland / Florida / /
RadioStation
WCMC / WCST / /
Region
Indian Ocean / Gulf of Mexico / Persian Gulf / Scandinavia / Middle East / South Wales / Central America / Mediterranean / Antarctic / Southern Europe / Southern Africa / South Florida / Southern Nevada / /
Epilogue One Planet Many People The history of the human race is filled with stories of ingenuity regarding our ability to harness the bounty of nature. Wind powered the sailing ships of explorers, wood and coal fueled r