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Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change
Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)
Now, in an attempt to identify factors that predict urban change, the MIT team and colleagues at Harvard University have used the system to quantify the physica...
Extreme low-oxygen eddies in the Atlantic produce greenhouse gases
Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)
Even though a natural moderate oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) exists along some of the eastern boundaries of the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlantic OMZ, unlike the OMZs of...
Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought'
Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)
The discovery also will allow researchers to study the planet's past with finer resolution by using this geomagnetic "fingerprint" to compare sediment cores tak...
See our seasons change from space
Jul 07, 2017 (ESA)
Launched in February 2016 and carrying a suite of instruments, Sentinel-3 is the most complex of all the Sentinel missions. As the workhorse mission for Europe'...
Sea spray losing its sparkle?
Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)
Understanding how these particles take up water from the atmosphere, their so-called hygroscopicity, is important because it determines how much sunlight they r...
Can satellites be used as an early warning system for landslides
Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)
The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) hav...
New map reveals personality traits of communities across the United States
Jul 05, 2017 (UPI)
The map is the culmination of five years of compiling and analyzing Twitter data. Researchers mined more than 37 billion publicly shared, geo-tagged tweets for ...
Russia's 'Sova' Atmospheric Satellite Starts Flight Tests - Research Fund
Jul 03, 2017 (Sputnik)
"The tested prototype of the 'Sova' atmospheric satellite should confirm the correctness of the laid technical solutions and demonstrate the achieved qualities ...
Veteran Ocean Satellite to Assume Added Role
Jul 03, 2017 (JPL)
The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 satellite, a partnership among NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the French ...
Harris Corporation Delivers Advanced Weather Satellite Instrument to South Korea
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
The Harris-built Advanced Meteorological Imager, or AMI, will be integrated into the next-generation GEO-KOMPSAT-2A weather satellite, scheduled to launch in 20...
Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
In a new article in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, a working group chaired by Professor Heiko Balzter, from the National Centre for Earth Observation...
Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that a previously ignored chemical called dichloromethane may now be contributing to ozone depletion a...
Scientists solve mystery of unexplained bright nights
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
A new study accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, uses satellite data to present a possible exp...
UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space
Jun 28, 2017 (Sputnik)
This is an extract taken from the book, Blood and Earth, by Professor Kevin Bales, author and lead of the Contemporary Slavery Department at Nottingham Universi...
VTT miniature hyperspectral camera launched to space in Aalto-1 satellite
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
"So far, hyperspectral imaging has only been possible with instruments in traditional, large satellites, but VTT's technology now makes it possible to do hypers...
Comb and Copter system maps atmospheric gases
Jun 27, 2017 (SPX)
The system uses an eye-safe laser instrument to send light that "combs" the air to a flying multi-copter and analyzes the colors of light absorbed along the way...
Satellites forewarn of locust plagues
Jun 26, 2017 (ESA)
Desert locusts are a type of grasshopper found primarily in the Sahara, across the Arabian Peninsula and into India. The insect is usually harmless, but when th...
Countdown for India's Cartosat satellite launch begins
Jun 23, 2017 (IANS)
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the countdown for the launch of the satellites, that also includes 29 foreign and one Indian, from S...
Proba-V images Portuguese forest fire
Jun 23, 2017 (ESA)
More than a thousand firefighters are tackling the forest fire in the Pedrogao Grande region, north east of Lisbon, which has been aflame since Saturday. Some 6...
Watching cities grow
Jun 22, 2017 (SPX)
The world's major cities are growing. According to United Nations estimates, today approximately half of the world's population is already living in cities. By ...
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