Citizens and Satellites: SkyTruth
Daily we are reminded how much our world has changed and how it continues to transform. Technology certainly aids those who seek to profit from Earth's resources, as they drill, cut, dig, and explode. Some use it wisely, while others leave our fragile home covered in scars of pollution and exploitation -- often unseen. For those who care passionately about the planet, satellite surveillance has become an tool essential tool -- in powerful yet unexpected ways. From the Washington Post: Somewhere in the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest landfall, there is a fishing ship. Let’s say you’re on it. Go onto the open deck, scream, jump around naked, fire a machine gun into the air — who will ever know? You are about as far from anyone…