27/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - Icaros Net, an experimental space research project with environmental application, has borne its first fruit. The preliminary results of three pilot projects underway in the large towns of Europe prove that the satellite observation of very fine atmospheric particles gives results that are 90% as reliable, but more precise, than the methods used on the ground for measuring air pollution. These encouraging results for the Union's environmental policy and the GMES...