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Press material Tuesday 13 June 2023

● Council of the EU   13/06/2023 16:35 | Press release | Council and European Parliament agree on rules to digitalise the visa procedure   Council negotiators and the European Parliament have provisionally agreed on rules to digitalise the visa procedure. The regulation introduces the possibility to apply for a visa online and replaces the current visa sticker with a digital visa. The goal of the proposal is twofold: to make the visa application procedure more efficient and to improve the security of the Schengen area. The agreement still needs to be approved by member states before the adoption process in the Council and the European Parliament can start. "The digital visa will make the application process easier for travellers, simplifies the administrative procedure and increases the security of the Schengen area by for example reducing the risk of falsification and theft of the visa sticker." Maria Malmer Stenergard, Swedish Minister for Migration

Συνέντευξη Ευ. Βενιζέλου στο ERT NEWS

 

Video : https://youtu.be/g-vFTNUyjZU  Συνέντευξη Ευάγγελου Βενιζέλου στην ΕΡΤ και στην εκπομπή «Στο Κέντρο» με τον Γιώργο Κουβαρά (13.6.2023) Γ. Κουβαράς: Φίλες και φίλοι, καλησπέρα σας. Βρισκόμαστε «Στο κέντρο» και φιλοξενούμε τον άνθρωπο που νομίζω κατ’ εξοχήν ταιριάζει στον τίτλο αυτής της εκπομπής, διότι πάντα η σκέψη του είναι στο κέντρο των γεγονότων, είτε είναι στην πολιτική, είτε στη μεταπολιτική όπως τώρα, Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος, ο πρώην Πρόεδρος του ΠΑΣΟΚ και πρώην Αντιπρόεδρος της Κυβέρνησης. Καλησπέρα σας. Ευ. Βενιζέλος: Καλησπέρα. Γ. Κουβαράς: Θέλω πρώτα από όλα να ξεκινήσουμε λίγο από τα θέματα της Ροδόπης, διότι έχει έρθει αυτό το θέμα στο προεκλογικό σκηνικό έτσι με έναν τρόπο πολύ έντονο τις τελευταίες ημέρες. Ευ. Βενιζέλος: Ως μη όφειλε. Γ. Κουβαράς: Ως μη όφειλε, λέτε, ναι. Το περίμενα ότι θα μου το πείτε αυτό, οφείλω να ομολογήσω και με τη μεγάλη εμπειρία που έχετε βέβαια από το Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών και από αυτά τα θέματα, αλλά θέλω να σας κάνω ένα πάρα πολύ απλό ερώτημα. Ας πούμε ότι ήσασταν αρχηγός ενός κόμματος το οποίο βάλλεται με το επιχείρημα ότι δύο υποψήφιοί του, μειονοτικοί βουλευτές, σχετίζονται με το τουρκικό προξενείο. Μπορείτε να μου πείτε τι θα κάνατε; Θα τους αποσύρατε, θα τους ζητούσατε ενδεχομένως να κάνουν μία δήλωση για να αποσαφηνίσουν την κατάσταση; Ευ. Βενιζέλος: Μπορείτε να ρωτήσετε τους αρχηγούς των κομμάτων μεθαύριο για το θέμα αυτό. Εάν οι ψήφοι της μειονότητας είχαν κατευθυνθεί στο κόμμα της Νέας Δημοκρατίας, θα υπήρχε η ίδια αντίδραση; Γιατί κατά καιρούς έχουμε οργανωμένη, ας το πούμε έτσι, μετάβαση ψήφων, προώθηση ψήφων προς διάφορα κόμματα στην περιοχή. Είναι ζητήματα τα οποία μας απασχολούν δεκαετίες, τα χειριζόμαστε με πολύ μεγάλη λεπτότητα και προσοχή και με βάση το Διεθνές Δίκαιο. Είναι χαρακτηριστικό ότι τις ημέρες αυτές που διεξάγεται αυτός ο δημόσιος διάλογος με τόση ένταση, υποτεταγμένος στις ανάγκες της προεκλογικής εκστρατείας και όχι μίας εθνικής πολιτικής κατά τη γνώμη μου, διεξάγεται στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών ένα συνέδριο που διοργανώνει το ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ για τα 100 χρόνια της Συνθήκης της Λωζάνης, ένα διεθνές συνέδριο με τη συμμετοχή και πολλών Τούρκων επιστημόνων. Γ. Κουβαράς: Ναι. Ευ. Βενιζέλος: Κι εγώ μίλησα χθες για τη Συνθήκη της Λωζάνης θέτοντας το ερώτημα εάν είναι ένας παράγοντας προσέγγισης ή έντασης μεταξύ των δύο χωρών. Εκεί, βλέπετε, ο διάλογος είναι πάρα πολύ προσεκτικός, πάρα πολύ ήπιος, με ιστορικό βάθος, με τεκμηρίωση νομική και βέβαια λαμβάνουμε υπόψη όλες τις παραμέτρους και δεν προσεγγίζουμε τόσο λεπτά και κρίσιμα ζητήματα με την απλούστευση και την επιθετικότητα που συνήθως έχει ο κομματικός λόγος και μάλιστα ο προεκλογικός. Είναι παράκλησή μου, θα έλεγα, εθνική να αποφεύγουμε τέτοιου είδους συζητήσεις δημόσια με τέτοιον τρόπο.

NASA:EARTHDATE DISCOVERY

 

EARTHDATA DISCOVERY OPEN ACCESS FOR OPEN SCIENCE | JUNE 2023

Big Data Meet Open Science           A NASA-funded project is making synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data easier to work with—and preparing NASA for a SAR data explosion.                   OpenScienceLab reduces barriers to working with cloud-based SAR data. Learn More                       Articles

The POWER of Earth Science Data NASA Earth science data help ensure global coverage for the Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project.           Meet EMIT, the Newest Imaging Spectrometer Mineral dust from Earth’s dry and desert regions has a significant impact on the planet’s climate. Data from NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) are helping better reveal these impacts.           How an Aha Moment Led to Increased Forest Resilience A changing climate is changing forest composition. Dr. Helen Poulos uses NASA Earth science data in her studies into climate-induced changes in forest growth and development in the Southwestern U.S.           HLS Code Released The codebase of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) project is now openly available through the NASA Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) GitHub repository.           IBM Geospatial Foundation Model Trained with HLS Data IBM Research constructed the first geospatial foundation model specifically trained with Earth observation satellite imagery. The model was built using Earth surface reflectance data from NASA HLS data products.           Earth Observing Dashboard Teams Honored The multi-agency teams behind the development and deployment of the Earth Observing Dashboard were honored with a Special Award on Space for Climate Protection by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).                   Webinars & Events

Webinar: Increasing NASA Earth Science Data Accessibility with GIS June 21, 2023           NASA Earthdata is developing specialized services to interact with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications without manual data processing. Learn more about this initiative and see demonstrations of GIS services and capabilities.           Register for Webinar                 Webinar: Meet EMIT and Learn How to Use EMIT Data June 28, 2023 Scientists from the EMIT Science Team will introduce the EMIT mission, provide the basics of imaging spectroscopy, show how to discover and access EMIT data, and provide data learning resources for working with these data. Register for Webinar                 TOPS Community Panel Workshop The virtual Transform to Open Science (TOPS) Community Panel Workshop takes place June 14 to 16 and features a review of the overall TOPS strategy and plans. Register for Workshop                     New Data, Tutorials, & Resources           June Earth Science Data Roundup A roundup of datasets, resources, and other products released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in May.           SOTO by Worldview The updated State of the Ocean (SOTO) is powered by NASA Worldview and based on a cloud-native implementation. SOTO by Worldview includes many of the same features users are accustomed to, in addition to many new features.           Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature A new data animation derived from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) instrument shows Indian Ocean sea surface temperature.           Flood Mapping Tool for New York State Released A new mapping tool enables users to visualize critical infrastructure and building footprints for most of New York State in support of flood planning and response.           ICESat-2 Jupyter Notebook Tutorial A new Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 Jupyter Notebook tutorial has guidance on how to search, access, and plot ATL06 data using the earthaccess Python library, and can be executed in-place in the cloud or via download to a local machine.           EMIT Data Tutorials Videos of three EMIT data tutorial workshops are available on the NASA Earthdata YouTube channel.           New Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Dataset NASA’s Health And Air Quality Applied Sciences Team has created a 1 km global surface-level NO2 dataset for the years 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005-2020. The dataset fuses NO2 data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument with a land-use regression model.           Assessing Particulate Matter New Surface PM2.5 Composition Data Products from the Hazardous Air Quality Ensemble System (HAQES) developed by the Air Quality Laboratory at George Mason University are available.           Tracking Smoke from Canadian Wildfires In early May 2023, hazy skies in the Northern and Eastern U.S. were caused by smoke from fires in northern Alberta, Canada. Satellites and ground instruments measured the optical density of the smoke aerosols on May 10.           SAR Data Recipe Learn how to generate a Radiometrically Terrain Corrected (RTC) SAR image using the Sentinel-1 Toolbox (S1TBX) Version 8.           High Heat in Spain Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) surface temperature data and Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation data show high temperatures on the Iberian Peninsula in April 2023.           New Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) Products Spatial Statistical Data Fusion CONUS VPD Version 2 Level 3 products are available. VPD is the difference between the saturation vapor pressure and the actual vapor pressure and is frequently used in drought, fire, and agriculture applications.           Exploring Artificial Light The NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) released the Annual Summary of Artificial Light At Night (ALAN), which assesses artificial light at the county and census tract level.                         Open Science                 OPERA Workshop (Hybrid) The Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) Project’s third open workshop takes place June 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., PDT, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena, CA.           NASA and CERN to Host Open Science Summit NASA and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are coordinating a week-long summit July 10 to 14 to develop practical action plans to implement open science practices.                   Funding Opportunity                 Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science This program supports scientists and engineers at the early stage of their careers. A Notice of Intent is due by July 21, 2023; proposals are due August 11, 2023. NASA will host virtual information sessions June 14 and June 22 at 1:00 p.m., EDT.                   Connect with NASA Earth Science           The following forums, meetings, and conferences highlight NASA Earth science data and many feature participation by NASA Earth science data creators and providers. These are great opportunities to meet the people behind the data.           American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition Date: June 22-27 Location: Chicago, IL/Virtual           Esri User Conference Date: July 10-14 Location: San Diego, CA/Virtual           International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Date: July 11-20 Location: Berlin, Germany           International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Date: July 16-21 Location: Pasadena, CA           Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Summer Meeting Date: July 18-21 Location: Burlington, VT/Virtual           Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Annual Meeting Date: July 30-August 4 Location: Singapore           Optica Sensing Congress Date: July 30-August 3 Location: Munich, Germany/Virtual           International Space Station Research and Development Conference Date: July 31-August 3 Location: Seattle, WA           Small Satellite Congress Date: August 5-10 Location: Logan, UT           Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting Date: August 6-11 Location: Portland, OR           American Chemical Society Fall Meeting Date: August 13-17 Location: San Francisco, CA/Virtual                   Worldview Images of the Week           Super Typhoon Mawar over Guam After hitting Guam with wind gusts of more than 100 mph and dropping more than two feet of rain, Typhoon Mawar strengthened to become the most intense storm of 2023 and stronger than any storm that formed in 2022.           Smoke from Fires in Canada Moving Across North America A grayish line of smoke from burning wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia contrasts with the bright white of clouds.           A South Korean Industrial Center Ulsan, in the southeastern part of the country, has the world's largest automobile assembling factory and shipyard, and is an important petrochemical industry hub.           View more Images of the Week                 NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program oversees the life cycle of NASA’s Earth science data and seeks to maximize the scientific return from missions and experiments.