EARTH OBSERVATION - INDO DAILY

China to beef up CFC inspections as UN investigates illegal emissions

Jul 18, 2018 (UPI)

Last month, scientists published findings in the journal Nature showing emissions of the ozone-eating chemical CFC-11 have been rising since 2013. An inquiry in...

MetOp-C launch campaign kicks off

Jul 16, 2018 (ESA)

The cargo aircraft transported 11 containers of equipment for ground support and IT-infrastructure, followed by the second, carrying the two main modules of the...

Aist-2D high resolution images received

Jul 16, 2018 (SPX)

It was the first time when such detailed image (spatial resolution of 2 m) of the Earth from space acquired on antenna that does not have rotational device trad...

What does global climate have to do with erosion rates?

Jul 16, 2018 (SPX)

A team of researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, the University Potsdam, University of Grenoble, and University of Edinburg...

Copernicus Sentinel-5P releases first data

Jul 12, 2018 (ESA)

Launched on 13 October 2017, Sentinel-5P is the first Copernicus satellite dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. It is part of the fleet of Sentinel missions ...

ICESat-2 Lasers Pass Final Ground Test

Jul 10, 2018 (SPX)

On June 23, ICESat-2 engineers at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California successfully finished the final ground-based test of the lasers, which are part of the...

China launches two satellites for Pakistan

Jul 10, 2018 (XNA)

The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) f...

Chinese foam industry responsible for rise in CFC-11 emissions

Jul 10, 2018 (UPI)

The rise in CFC-11 emissions was identified by NOAA chemists and detailed in the journal Nature last month. The findings, which identified East Asia as the like...

Full steam ahead for Aeolus launch

Jul 09, 2018 (ESA)

While almost all satellites travel by aircraft, Aeolus' journey was rather different - it travelled all the way across the Atlantic from Saint Nazare, western F...

Report accuses China firms over ozone-depleting gas

Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) campaign group said 18 factories in 10 Chinese provinces they looked into admitted to using banned chlorofluorocarb...

Tiny cameras snap pictures of Great Lake

Jul 04, 2018 (JPL)

The image on the left, taken by a short-wavelength infrared camera, captures a larger area of the lake and shows strong contrast between land and water features...

First laser light for GRACE Follow-On

Jul 04, 2018 (JPL)

"The LRI is a breakthrough for precision distance measurements in space," said LRI Instrument Manager Kirk McKenzie of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasad...

Airbus and Planet join forces to bring new geospatial products to market

Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)

Both partners aim at providing a comprehensive suite of global satellite data at multiple temporal and spatial resolutions, and developing new analytic products...

Climate change is making night-shining clouds more visible

Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)

Noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds are the highest clouds in Earth's atmosphere. They form in the middle atmosphere, or mesosphere, roughly 80 kilometers (50...

ECOSTRESS Launches to Space Station on SpaceX Mission

Jul 02, 2018 (JPL)

Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with more than 5,900 pounds of research, equi...

Scientists offer solution to Gaia hypothesis

Jul 02, 2018 (UPI)

The so-called Gaia hypothesis suggests some sort of interactive resonance between Earth's biological and inorganic processes has allowed life to survive climate...

Keeping Delhi cool, one ice block at a time

Jul 02, 2018 (AFP)

Yadav toils away alongside fifty other workers inside a dark and humid hangar in Noida just outside the city, rushing to meet booming demand from the markets an...

Using massive earthquakes to unlock secrets of the outer core

Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)

The outer core is churning constantly, sustaining the planet's magnetic field and providing heat to the mantle. "Understanding the outer core is crucial for und...

Solar activities can affect the East Asian winter monsoon at the multidecadal time scale

Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)

PhD. student Jiapeng MIAO, Associate Professor Tao WANG, and coauthors, from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, used a four-memb...

Copernicus 20 years on

Jun 25, 2018 (ESA)

To mark this 20-year milestone, reflect on the programme's achievements and to look to the future, EU commissioners, service providers, ESA directors and many m...