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A mission for Earth's future
Mar 03, 2021 (SPX)
The Earth observation mission Harmony will focus on the observation and evaluation of the smallest movements at the air-sea interface, such as those of the wind...
NASA, LAPAN launch Ozonesonde from Indonesian site
Mar 02, 2021 (SPX)
The Indonesian space agency, LAPAN, and NASA signed an agreement in November 2020 to resume ozonesonde launches from the Watukosek Observatory on the island of ...
NASA to launch sophisticated weather satellite
Mar 01, 2021 (UPI)
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket is prepared for liftoff during a two-hour window starting at 4:38 p.m. EST from Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force...
NASA Awards Launch Service Contract for TROPICS Mission to Study Storm Processes
Feb 26, 2021 (SPX)
The TROPICS mission consists of a constellation of six CubeSats and will increase the scientific community's understanding of storm processes. The launch servic...
MDA awarded contract to use satellite based data fusion and analytics to counter illegal fishing
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
The Dark Vessel Detection (DVD) program uses satellite technology to locate and track vessels that have switched off their location transmitting devices in an a...
Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
Observational data will be continuously incorporated into the digital twin in order to make the digital Earth model more accurate for monitoring the evolution a...
Dingo effects on ecosystem visible from space
Feb 24, 2021 (SPX)
The study, recently published in Landscape Ecology, pairs 32 years' worth of satellite imagery with site-based field research on both sides of the Dingo Fence i...
Indian PM Modi backs Indian Space Agency's version of Google Maps
Feb 24, 2021 (Sputnik)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the government's move to deregulate map and geo-spatial data will boost the country's bid to be self-reliant. ...
New study on the forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries
Feb 24, 2021 (SPX)
Thus, researchers strive to develop new tools to better predict extreme weather phenomena allowing for early warnings and adequate mitigation strategies", expla...
NASA Mission seeks to understand bright night-shining clouds by creating one
Feb 24, 2021 (SPX)
"What has attracted a lot of interest in these clouds is their sensitivity - they're occurring just on the edge of viability in the upper atmosphere, where it's...
ESA moves forward with Harmony
Feb 24, 2021 (ESA)
Earth Explorers are research missions applying new observation techniques to respond to the needs of the scientific community in their quest to understand diffe...
Earth from Space: Lusaka, Zambia
Feb 19, 2021 (ESA)
Lusaka, visible at the top of the image, is located on a high plateau in south-central Africa with an elevation of around 1200 m. With a population of over 2 mi...
Saharan dust expected to hit Europe again this weekend
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
It said wind predictions showed a "substantial plume" of Saharan dust would hit southern Europe over the weekend into next week, reaching as far north as Norway...
NASA-funded network tracks the recent rise and fall of ozone depleting pollutants
Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)
Stratospheric ozone, also known as Earth's ozone layer, helps shield us from the Sun's harmful Ultraviolet (UV) rays. Compounds like CFC-11 (Trichlorofluorometh...
Measuring photosynthesis on Earth from space
Feb 17, 2021 (SPX)
Because of their ability to make valuable products from organic compounds like CO2, plants are known as "primary producers." Gross primary production (GPP), whi...
We found the first Australian evidence of a major shift in Earth's magnetic poles
Feb 16, 2021 (The Conversation)
Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which is different to a complete magnetic pole reversal, occurs irregularly through time ...
NOAA Selects Woolpert to Collect Topo-Bathy Lidar, Imagery for Remote Hawaiian Islands
Feb 15, 2021 (SPX)
Under this task order, Woolpert will deploy its King Air 300 Turboprop aircraft with Leica Chiroptera 4X and Leica HawkEye 4X lidar sensors out of Kaua'i to col...
Emissions of ozone-eating chemical CFC-11 are on the decline again
Feb 10, 2021 (UPI)
In 2018, atmospheric monitoring data revealed a worrisome surprise. After several years of steady global declines in CFC-11 emissions, the downturn appeared to ...
ACTIVATE begins second year of Marine Cloud Study
Feb 10, 2021 (SPX)
Cloud formation in the atmosphere depends on the presence of tiny particles called aerosols. ACTIVATE scientists are working to understand how variations in the...
Sentinel-6 passes in-orbit tests with flying colours
Feb 09, 2021 (ESA)
The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is the first of two identical satellites to provide critical measurements of sea-level change. The satellit...
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