Atlas Content

Anthroposphere

Our world as modified by humanity

1. 1. 1.  Urbanisation
         • Las Vegas, USA – desert city with water issues
         • Suqian, China – rapid economic growth and urbanisation
         • Cairo, Egypt – city growth and cultural heritage
         • Doha, Qatar – city development in the desert
         • Niamey, Niger – growth of an African capital
         • Wenzhou, China – land reclamation in the East China Sea
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      2. Energy
         • Olkiluoto, Finland – nuclear power in northern Europe
         • Belo Monte, Brazil – hydropower plant in Amazonia
         • Tengger, China – solar power plant
         • Bhadla, India – solar power plant in the Thar desert
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      3. Traffic
         • Istanbul Airport, Türkiye – new intercontinental hub
         • Suez Canal, Egypt – bottleneck for shipping
         • Yangshan, China – international container harbour
         • Gibraltar, Spain – ship traffic and internal waves
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Biosphere

Our living environment

1. 1. 1.  Deforestation
         • Rondonia, Brazil – loss of rain forest
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      2. Agriculture
         • El Ejido, Spain – greenhouses and Mar de Plástico
         • New Valley, Egypt – agriculture in the desert
         • Ha’il, Saudi Arabia – fossile groundwater for irrigation
         • Taihu Lake – eutrophication and algal bloom
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      3. Nature protection
         • Donana, Spain – nature and agriculture as neighbors
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Lithosphere

The solid ground of our planet

1. 1. Volcanos
      • Etna, Italy – Europes highest active volcano
      • La Palma, Spain – Eruption on a volcanic island
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   2. Mining
      • Salar de Atacama, Chile – Lithium production on a salt lake
      • Bełchatów, Poland – Europe’s largest open pit lignite mine
      • Aitik, Sweden – open pit Copper mine in Scandinavia
      • Madre de Dios – gold mining in the Amazon Basin
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Hydrosphere

Issues around the element of life

1. 1. Sea Surface Temperature
      • Europe – Sea Surface Temperatures
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   2. Coastal Changes
      • Alexandria, Egypt – changing coastline at the Nile Delta
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   3. Water supply
      • Lake Oroville, USA – water supply for California
      • Almendra Dam, Spain – water for Spain
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   4. Fishery and Aquaculture
      • Tianjin, China – aquaculture at the Bohai Bay
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   5. Floods and Flood Protection
      • Plattsmouth, USA – flood at a river junction
      • Derna, Libya – flash flood after heavy rain
      • Venice, Italy – protection of man and cultural heritage
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Atmosphere

Case studies about the air that we breathe

Climate and Climate Change

Signs of Climate Change in satellite data

1. 1. Ice loss
      • Columbia Glacier, USA – retreating tidal glacier
      • Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland – shrinking Alpine glacier
      • Kilimanjaro, Tanzania – loss of a tropical glacier
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   2. Natural Disasters
      • Southeast Australia, Australia – between bushfires and floods
      • British Columbia, Canada – forest fires get larger
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Satellite Remote Sensing

Properties of and methods with satellite data

1. 1. Spectral Information
   2. Infrared Data
   3. Spectral Indices
   4. Radar Satellite Data
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