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Impact of Coronavirus on air quality now visible
May 07, 2020 (SPX)
However, the comparison is deceptive. This year, polar winds over large parts of Europe and a persistent westerly wind, which prevented the accumulation of poll...
Cold air rises - what that means for Earth's climate
May 07, 2020 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Science Advances, is among the first to show the profound implications water vapor buoyancy has on Earth's climate and energ...
Wetter climate to trigger global warming feedback loop in the tropics
May 06, 2020 (UPI)
Scientists described the unexpected climate change feedback loop in a new paper, published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers discovered the pattern a...
Mapping methane emissions on a global scale
May 05, 2020 (ESA)
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas and its concentration in the atmosphere is currently increasing at a rate of around 1% per year. It effectiv...
Russia to launch first satellite for monitoring Arctic climate this year
May 05, 2020 (Sputnik)
"As of now, the number one Arktika-M spacecraft has been developed and is undergoing radio-electronic testing ... the launch is planned for the end of 2020", Ko...
'Gargantuan' hail in Argentina may have smashed world record
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers investigating the 2018 storm found one hailstone likely measured between 7.4 and 9.3 inches across, potentially setting a new world record. The curr...
Airbus will support France and India to monitor climate change with TRISHNA
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
TRISHNA (Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High resolution Natural resource Assessment) will be the latest satellite in the joint Franco-Indian satellite f...
Spotting air pollution with satellites, better than ever before
Apr 23, 2020 (SPX)
"We've used a new generation of micro-satellite images to estimate ground-level air pollution at the smallest spatial scale to date," said Mike Bergin, professo...
Wildlife conservation aided by L3Harris Electro-Optical/Infrared Technology
Apr 23, 2020 (SPX)
The Nampa, Idaho-based company is on the forefront of wildlife study, wildfire containment and natural resource surveying using L3Harris aerial infrared technol...
Nine reasons we're grateful to live on Earth
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
It's no surprise: The promise of a better life in the mysterious beyond can be seductive. But the fact is the more we learn about out there the more we realize ...
Locked-down Delhi revels in fresh air and blue sky
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
The dramatic change has been brought about by a lack of cars on the roads, shuttered industries and the halting of construction since a nationwide lockdown was ...
COVID-19: Aeolus and weather forecasts
Apr 22, 2020 (ESA)
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting countless industries across the globe. The travel industry is one of the hardest hit with an unprecedented decline in air tra...
SwRI awarded $12.8M to develop space weather instrument
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
"The satellite will collect solar wind data and coronal imagery to support NOAA's mission to monitor and forecast space weather events," said Dr. Roy Torbert, a...
Ball Aerospace moves into full production of the Space Force's Weather System Follow-on satellite
Apr 21, 2020 (SPX)
Upon delivery, this next-generation operational environmental satellite system will provide critical and actionable environmental intelligence to military opera...
Ending global plant tracking, Proba-V assigned new focus
Apr 21, 2020 (ESA)
Despite its small size, Proba-V maintains a continent-spanning perspective: its main Vegetation imager has a 2250-km wide swath. This enables it to cover nearly...
Identifying land cover from outer space
Apr 21, 2020 (SPX)
However, clouds often prevent the view from space to the earth's surface. The dynamic use of machine learning models can take this local cloud cover into accoun...
Study may explain the source of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere
Apr 21, 2020 (SPX)
Along with carbon, hydrogen and sulfur - other elements that are essential for life - nitrogen is a volatile element, meaning that its molecules convert from li...
3D models of mountain lakes with a portable sonar and airborne laser
Apr 20, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists studying mountain lakes, often located in remote areas that are difficult to access, are faced with the problem of climbing with heavy and costly equ...
NASA Reports Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Hit Record Low in March
Apr 17, 2020 (SPX)
While such low levels are rare, they are not unprecedented. Similar low ozone levels occurred in the upper atmosphere, or stratosphere, in 1997 and 2011. In com...
The combined power of remote earth observations aboard ISS
Apr 17, 2020 (SPX)
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we look at how the International Space Station has contributed to this important data set for the nearly 20 year...
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