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New measurements from Northern Sweden show less methane emissions than feared
May 24, 2022 (SPX)
A typical landscape in northern Sweden. On the left is a pond vegetation controlled by high water levels and on the right a drier tundra vegetation, which is be...
Satellites and drones can help save pollinators
May 20, 2022 (SPX)
Their study examines new ways of using these technologies to track the availability of flowers, and says this could be combined with behavioural studies to see ...
Space agencies provide global view of our changing environment
May 20, 2022 (ESA)
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ESA, NASA and JAXA worked closely together to create an open-source platform, based on the Euro Data Cube, that use...
Next-generation weather models cross the divide to real-world impact
May 19, 2022 (SPX)
These testbed experiments, orchestrated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), forecast winter storms, severe thunderstorms, and flash f...
Satellogic and UP42 team up to offer rapid monitoring capabilities
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
The companies made the announcement at the Geospatial World Forum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where UP42 CEO Sean Wiid and Satellogic Business Development and Sa...
NASA selects firms for NOAA Atmospheric Composition Instrument study
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, and Raytheon Intelligence and Space of El Segundo, California will both receive twenty-month firm-fi...
Earth from Space: Arc de Triomphe
May 16, 2022 (ESA)
The Arc de Triomphe, or in full Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, is an iconic symbol of France and one of the world's best-known commemorative monuments. The triump...
Recommendation algorithms that power Amazon, Netflix can improve satellite imagery, too
May 12, 2022 (SPX)
Optical satellites lose sight of the Earth's surface when it is covered by clouds, and researchers have long relied on inaccurate tools to fill the blind spots,...
Earth from Orbit: NOAA Debuts First Imagery from GOES-18
May 12, 2022 (SPX)
GOES-18, NOAA's newest geostationary satellite, launched on March 1. The ABI views Earth with sixteen different channels, each measuring energy at different wav...
Global calibration benchmark network for remote sensors completed
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
The network is established based on the National Calibration and Validation Site for High Resolution Remote Sensors (the Baotou site, for short). After upgradin...
Confirmed: Atmospheric helium levels are rising
May 10, 2022 (SPX)
The atmospheric abundance of the 4-helium (4He) isotope is rising because 4He is released during the burning and extraction of fossil fuels. The researchers rep...
Earth from Space: Rhine River, Germany
May 08, 2022 (ESA)
The Rhine River, visible here in black, flows from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherl...
From weather forecasting to climate change, NASA's AIRS builds a legacy
May 06, 2022 (JPL)
"Understanding what happened in the first couple of decades of the 21st century is critical to understanding climate change, and there's no better record than A...
Identifying global poverty from space
May 06, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers have been using satellite images of Earth at night to study human activity for almost 30 years and it is well established that these images - common...
NASA rocket to measure Earth's life-supporting secret: a weak electric field
May 05, 2022 (SPX)
"It's one of the most fundamental questions in all of science: Why are we here? And it's what Endurance is after," said Glyn Collinson, a space scientist at NAS...
New portal improves forecasts of devastating storms in West Africa
May 04, 2022 (SPX)
Storms in the Sahel region, which can reach over 100km in size, have become more extreme since the 1980s due to global warming, with more intense rainfall.* Sev...
NASA's EMIT will map tiny dust particles to study big climate impacts
May 03, 2022 (JPL)
NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission, set for launch in June 2022, aims to deepen researchers' understanding of these fine part...
NASA simulation suggests some volcanoes might warm climate, destroy ozone layer
May 03, 2022 (SPX)
The result contradicts previous studies indicating these volcanoes cool the climate. It also suggests that while extensive flood-basalt eruptions on Mars and Ve...
BRICS forum on big data for sustainable development held in Beijing
May 01, 2022 (SPX)
The forum was proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his remarks at the 13th BRICS Summit last year, aiming to promote sustainable development in BRICS...
BRICS to use big data to achieve sustainable development goals
Apr 29, 2022 (XNA)
Entrusted by CAS President Hou Jianguo, Zhang Yaping, vice-president of CAS, attended the opening ceremony and said that the goal of the event is to establish a...
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