“It is now possible to obtain satellite data at 100 m or even 10 m resolution, which of course changes the number of applications, as we can create studies on a smaller scale. For example, in Italy and in the Mediterranean area, we have a flash flood problem. These types of floods appear in very short time and only occur on a smaller scale. These new satellite products could help us with that. I am guessing these applications will be available in the next 1,2, or 3 years.”
“As the problems of pirates off the coast of Somalia became more pronounced in 2009 relative to 2004, researchers at the University of Bremen pointed out that that the pollution tracks from ships moved further and further out to sea as they started to go further away from the coast to avoid pirates.”











