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'Going deep' to measure Earth's rotational effects

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal measur...

15 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned time

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

"Revolutionary" is a word you hear often when people talk about the GRACE mission. Since the twin satellites of the NASA/German Gravity Recovery and Climate Exp...

Scientists measure Earth's rotational forces with underground laser gyroscope

Mar 14, 2017 (UPI)

Scientists are preparing to measure the inertial rotation of Earth using an underground laser-based gyroscope. The goal is to reveal fluctuations in Earth's rat...

Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

A research team consisting of members from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and...

How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts

Mar 10, 2017 (UPI)

During the second week of February in 2015, the meandering jet stream slipped steadily southward, pulling down icy fingers of Arctic air. In Buffalo, N.Y., Feb....

'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes records

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

Australia endured a summer of record-breaking extremes, scientists said Wednesday, with climate change tipped to increase the frequency and severity of such phe...

Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weath...

NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

Rainfall from spring-like downpours in the U.S. from February 25 to March 1 were analyzed at NASA using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission o...

Second 'colour vision' satellite for Copernicus launched

Mar 07, 2017 (ESA)

The ESA-developed Sentinel-2B satellite was launched today, doubling the coverage of high-resolution optical imaging in the Sentinel-2 mission for the European ...

Study shows US grasslands affected more by atmospheric dryness than precipitation

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

A new study showing dryness of the atmosphere affects U.S. grassland productivity more than rainfall could have important implications for predicting how plants...

TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking with SpyMeSat Mobile App

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

Orbit Logic has announced that their SpyMeSat mobile app users can now send new tasking requests to the TRIPLESAT constellation operated by Twenty First Century...

Another satellite launch for Europe's Earth monitoring system

Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)

Europe is set to launch a fourth satellite next Tuesday for its ambitious Copernicus Earth monitoring project to track changing land cover and pollution, launch...

Taking earth's inner temperature

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet. A new study led by Woods Hole Oceano...

EagleView announces Pictometry imagery integration with ArcGIS Pro

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

EagleView is pleased to announce that their patented Pictometry imagery now integrates with ArcGIS Pro, Esri's desktop application. Pictometry for ArcGIS Pro is...

Sentinel-2B poised for liftoff

Mar 03, 2017 (ESA)

With liftoff just few days away, the next Sentinel satellite for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme is positioned in the launch tower at Europe's...

The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

A single rocket recently launched a record-breaking number of satellites - 104, to be precise - into low-Earth orbit. UNSW Canberra Space is aiding the mission ...

Sentinel-2B satellite ready for launch from Kourou

Feb 27, 2017 (ESA)

Sentinel-2B, Europe's next Copernicus satellite is being readied by engineers from Airbus for a 7 March 2017 lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana. Sentinel-2B wi...

MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe

Feb 27, 2017 (SPX)

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd and DigitalGlobe, have announced a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which MDA will acquire DigitalGlobe for US$3...

First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industry

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

Transshipment, the transfer of goods from one boat to another, is a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the global seafood market. I...

'Quartz' crystals at the Earth's core power its magnetic field

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

The Earth's core consists mostly of a huge ball of liquid metal lying at 3000 km beneath its surface, surrounded by a mantle of hot rock. Notably, at such great...