Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength / Observing the Earth / Our Activities / ESA

Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength / Observing the Earth / Our Activities / ESA


For over a decade, China has had a standing agreement to allow the European Space Agency to monitor, and report on one of China's largest fresh water lakes; Poyang Lake. 

Poyang, located in the Jiangxi Province,  is only one of the many projects of the collaboration of the Chinese-European Dragon Program. May 2014, marks its ten-year anniversary.

"-The Poyang lake in southern China’s Jiangxi province, is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the country.
- This lake is an important habitat for migrating Siberian cranes – many of which spend the winter there. The basin is also one of China's most important rice-producing regions, although local inhabitants must contend with massive seasonal changes in water level.
In addition to seasonal changes, a team of scientists working under ESA’s Dragon programme have identified an overall decrease in water level in the lake over the last decade."

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Important Data for the Poyang Submersion! 

http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/05/poyang_submersion/14559964-1-eng-GB/Poyang_submersion_node_full_image_2.jpg

Dying Sea by The European Space Agency (E.S.A.)

Dying sea,  is an alert sent, and shared with the world.


Many of us environmental activists have been aware of the degradation of our once lush, and beautiful planet for decades. GreenPeace International has warned us of the eminent dangers of Ocean Acidification, and the losses of habitat for aquatic life. We have worked hard to get the word out that our own well-being is based on the health of our only habitat; Planet Earth.


Those who care about Earth and all of her inhabitants have withered a bit more inside each time a species is lost, or becomes endangered. 


This is another sign of our mismanagement of our Natural Resources world wide.


Losing a Sea: 

From the www.esa.intl

The Aral Sea in 2003 (link)

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From the www.esa.intl

The Aral Sea in 2006 (link)

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From the www.esa.intl

The Aral Sea in 2014 (link)

For some this may not mean much, but water is life, and honestly the way we are treating our planet seems like a suicide mission. Please earthlings, let us work together to make sweeping changes in the way we deal with our Earth. I Declare World Peace.

More about The Aral Sea: 

                 "The Shrinking of the Aral Sea" - One of the planet's worst environmental disasters - YouTube