EARTH OBSERVATION - INDO DAILY

Global permafrost zones in high-resolution images on Google Earth

Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)

Thawing permafrost will have far-reaching ramifications for populated areas, infrastructure and ecosystems. A geographer from the University of Zurich reveals w...

NASA Satellite Finds Earth's Clouds are Getting Lower

Feb 23, 2012 (JPL)

Earth's clouds got a little lower - about one percent on average - during the first decade of this century, finds a new NASA-funded university study based on NA...

From Bass Strait to the Indian Ocean - tracking a current

Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)

Deep-diving ocean "gliders" have revealed the journey of Bass Strait water from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean. Deployed in 2010 and 2011, the gliders have ...

Google Street View to launch in Botswana

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

Botswana will be the second African country to launch Google Street View, officials announced Thursday, saying the technology would boost the nation as a diamon...

Space solutions for the Arctic

Feb 22, 2012 (ESA)

Policy, solutions and funding for new initiatives: ESA is joining forces at two events with decision-makers, universities, industry and users to map how space s...

NASA Map Sees Earth's Trees In A New Light

Feb 22, 2012 (JPL)

A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests. The map will help scientists better understand the role f...

New web tool to improve accuracy of global land cover maps

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

An interactive web tool has been developed to improve the accuracy and extent of global land use and forest cover information. The new 'Geo-Wiki' uses Google Ea...

3-D Map Study Shows Before-After of 2010 Mexico Quake

Feb 14, 2012 (JPL)

Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape, and it's giving them insight into how earthquake faults behave. In the Feb. 10 issue o...

NASA Science Aircraft to Travel the Globe in 2012

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

With missions scheduled throughout the year, 2012 is shaping up to be an extraordinary time for NASA's Airborne Science Program and Earth system science researc...

Infrared Sounder on NASA's Suomi NPP Starts its Mission

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosph...

Spaceborne Precipitation Radar Ships from Japan to U.S.

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical char...

NASA Scientist and Education Award Winner Leads Student Phytoplankton Study

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Dr. Tiffany Moisan is a NASA scientist who thrives on studying the ocean and has a passion for educating and inspiring students in ocean sciences. Last year, Mo...

UBC researchers use Google Earth to verify Mediterranean fish farming data

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth's satellite images and Univers...

Pleiades captures its first images using e2v sensors

Feb 10, 2012 (SPX)

Pleiades, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Earth observation satellite, has captured its first images using e2v high performance imaging sensors. T...

Deconstructing a Mystery: What Caused Snowmaggedon?

Feb 10, 2012 (SPX)

In the quiet after the storms, streets and cars had all but disappeared under piles of snow. The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 ...

VIIRS Eastern Hemisphere Image - Behind the Scenes

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

The Suomi NPP satellite is in a polar orbit around Earth at an altitude of 512 miles (about 824 kilometers), but the perspective of the new Eastern hemisphere '...

Blue Marble By Suomi NPP

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite im...

First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth...