Overview: Presents 19 authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopaedia of Sustainability Science and Technology.Covers a wide range of data collection platforms, including satellite remote sensing, aModern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System. In Oceanography, for the past two centuries, ships have provided the platforms for observing. Expeditions on the continents and Earth’s poles are land-based analogues. Fundamental understanding of current systems, climate, natural hazards, and ecosystems has been greatly advance
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