Activities at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit ("Earth Observation for Sustainable Growth and Development") in Cape Town, South Africa, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne headed the delegation, and announced scientific advances including the North American Drought Monitor program, new operational use of global climate data, a new low-cost approach to dissemination of environmental data, and real-time air-quality forecasts to protect global public health

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