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US, India Cement Cooperation in Earth Exploration
Oct 03, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The United States and India have signed two agreements according to which NASA and the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) will roll out a joint satellite...
NASA satellite spies sediment plumes along Greenland coast
Sep 30, 2014 (UPI)
Scientists at NASA are keeping an eye on the plumes of sediment that appear in the ocean as glacial meltwater deposits sand, soil and rocks. The plumes, which a...
China to improve earth observation service
Sep 30, 2014 (XNA)
China will promote the application of satellite earth observation technologies to better serve the economy, officials and experts said. China has already built ...
New Forest Land Classification Data Set Launched
Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)
British satellite imaging company DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) has announced the completion of its Flagship project to develop a global system using Ea...
NASA Ocean Data Shows 'Climate Dance' of Plankton
Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)
The greens and blues of the ocean color from NASA satellite data have provided new insights into how climate and ecosystem processes affect the growth cycles of...
NASA Support Key to Glacier Mapping Efforts
Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)
Thanks in part to support from NASA and the National Science Foundation, scientists have produced the first-ever detailed maps of bedrock beneath glaciers in Gr...
NASA photos shows vanishing Aral Sea
Sep 30, 2014 (UPI)
New photos from NASA are showing the Aral Sea as just a sliver with the entire basin diminished as a result of a Soviet-era irrigation diversion project. The dr...
SSTL demonstrates new ocean winds and waves measuring method
Sep 29, 2014 (SPX)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully demonstrated an innovative method of measuring winds and waves from space, using GNSS Reflectometry. Thi...
Suomi Data Used for Mitigating Aviation Related Volcanic Hazards
Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)
A joint NOAA/NASA satellite is one of several satellites providing valuable information to aviators about volcanic hazards. An aviation "orange" alert was poste...
With Few Data, Arctic Carbon Models Lack Consensus
Sep 26, 2014 (JPL)
As climate change grips the Arctic, how much carbon is leaving its thawing soil and adding to Earth's greenhouse effect? The question has long been debated by s...
US Releases Enhanced Shuttle Land Elevation Data
Sep 24, 2014 (JPL)
High-resolution topographic data generated from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) in 2000, previously only available for the United States, will be...
NASA Launches RapidScat Wind Watcher to ISS
Sep 24, 2014 (SPX)
A new NASA mission that will boost global monitoring of ocean winds for improved weather forecasting and climate studies is among about 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilo...
Lockheed Martin Mates NOAA GOES-R Satellite Modules
Sep 24, 2014 (SPX)
A team of technicians and engineers at Lockheed Martin has successfully mated together the large system and propulsion modules of the first GOES-R series weathe...
NASA Airborne Campaigns Focus on Climate Impacts in the Arctic
Sep 18, 2014 (SPX)
Over the past few decades, average global temperatures have been on the rise, and this warming is happening two to three times faster in the Arctic. As the regi...
Dry Conditions and Lightning Strikes Make for a Long California Fire Season
Sep 18, 2014 (SPX)
The fire season in California has been anything but cooperative this year. Hot conditions combined with a state-wide drought and dry lightning makes for unpleas...
Severe flooding in Northern Pakistan photographed by NASA
Sep 12, 2014 (UPI)
Torrential rains led to massive flooding in northeastern Pakistan this week. The monsoons dropped more than foot of rain in just a few days, devastating more th...
EIAST announces Remote Sensing Applications Competition 2014
Sep 11, 2014 (SPX)
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has announced the launch of the Remote Sensing Applications Competition 2014 (RSAC 2014). T...
NASA's RapidScat: Some Assembly Required - in Space
Sep 08, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's ISS-RapidScat wind-watching scatterometer, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Sept. 19, will be the first sc...
Bardarbunga Belches
Sep 08, 2014 (ESA)
Satellites are showing clouds of sulphur dioxide from Iceland's restive Bardarbunga volcano. ESA's Volcanic Ash Strategic Initiative Team (VAST) and Support to ...
NASA Awards Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite Modification for JPS-2 Mission
Sep 08, 2014 (SPX)
NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, for the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMP...
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