Enhancing the Uptake of Earth Observation Products and Services in Africa Through a Multi-level Transdisciplinary Approach.

Unlabelled: Africa stands to gain from Earth Observation (EO) science, products and applications. However, its use and application remain below potential on the continent. This article examines how EO can better serve the needs of African users.

Early crustal processes revealed by the ejection site of the oldest martian meteorite.

The formation and differentiation of the crust of Mars in the first tens of millions of years after its accretion can only be deciphered from incredibly limited records. The martian breccia NWA 7034 and its paired stones is one of them. This meteorite contains the oldest martian igneous material ever dated: ~4.

The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters.

The only martian rock samples on Earth are meteorites ejected from the surface of Mars by asteroid impacts. The locations and geological contexts of the launch sites are currently unknown. Determining the impact locations is essential to unravel the relations between the evolution of the martian interior and its surface.

Effects of environmental factors on the monitoring of environmental radioactivity by airborne gamma-ray spectrometry.

This study describes and discusses the results of a 14 month-long campaign (April 2019 to June 2020) aimed at characterizing and quantifying the influence of environmental factors (cosmic rays, rainfall events, soil moisture and atmospheric radon) on airborne radiometric surveys, which are used for mapping the concentrations of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th), or for monitoring the natural radioactivity in the environment. A large NaI(Tl) airborne spectrometer (4 down + 1 up detectors of 4 L) was installed at a height of 50 m on a meteorological tower to simulate an airborne hover at the Pyrenean Platform for Observation of the Atmosphere (P2OA) in Lannemezan. The continuous, high frequency acquisition of gamma-rays was accompanied by measurements of rainfall intensity, soil moisture content, atmospheric radon activity and meteorological parameters.