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NASA data aids ozone hole's journey to recovery
Apr 16, 2020 (SPX)
Two years before, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey had stunned the world with the first paper demonstrating that atmospheric ozone levels over Anta...
Heavy iron isotopes leaking from Earth's core
Apr 16, 2020 (SPX)
The boundary between the liquid iron core and the rocky mantle is located some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) below Earth's surface. At this transition, the temperature...
How NASA is Helping the World Breathe More Easily
Apr 15, 2020 (SPX)
When we talk about "air pollution," we're referring to chemicals or particles in the atmosphere that are known to have negative health effects on humans. The Cl...
Satellites providing clear picture of greenhouse gases
Apr 15, 2020 (ESA)
Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are at record levels. Last year, carbon dioxide and methane were 150% to 250% higher compared to 'pre-industria...
CryoSat still cool at 10
Apr 09, 2020 (ESA)
Tucked safely within the rocket fairing, CryoSat had a tough job ahead: to measure variations in the height of Earth's ice and reveal how climate change is affe...
Cloud brightening won't curb global warming
Apr 08, 2020 (UPI)
However, new research suggests the phenomenon known as "cloud brightening" is likely to be counteracted by sea salt. By studying cloud formation in the pollutio...
Hanley Wood and Meyers Research announce acquisition of satellite imagery company Bird.I
Apr 07, 2020 (SPX)
Bird.i's imagery processing technology shows how things are changing on the ground, allowing for more timely, better informed decision-making throughout the bui...
Unusual ozone hole opens over the Arctic
Apr 07, 2020 (ESA)
The ozone layer is a natural, protective layer of gas in the stratosphere that shields life from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation - which is associated w...
New 3D view of methane tracks sources and movement around the globe
Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)
Since the Industrial Revolution, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have more than doubled. After carbon dioxide, methane is the second most influential g...
New aerial image dataset to help provide farmers with actionable insights
Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)
Until now, there has been a dearth of high-quality agricultural image datasets, due in part to the large image size required to capture many acres of land, as w...
EU project GALACTIC develops supply chain for Alexandrite laser crystals
Apr 03, 2020 (SPX)
Laser systems in earth observation satellites generate data for the analysis of the earth's atmosphere and surface. So far, laser crystals made of neodymium-dop...
Earth observation service NEODAAS website relaunched
Apr 03, 2020 (SPX)
NEODAAS, hosted at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and overseen by NERC's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), is a unique operation of national importance ...
Submissions open for Copernicus Masters 2020
Apr 02, 2020 (ESA)
The Copernicus programme offers free and near real-time access to data for the development of solutions tackling important societal challenges. The vast amount ...
Mitsubishi Electric to build GOSAT-GW satellite to study atmospheric and hydro cycles
Apr 01, 2020 (SPX)
GOSAT-GW will have two missions: greenhouse gases observation for Japan's Ministry of the Environment and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES...
Satellite data lays scale of methane leaks bare
Mar 31, 2020 (AFP)
Using imaging data gathered by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-5P monitoring mission, the study shows more than 100 "high-volume emission events" worldwide...
Copernicus Sentinel-1 studies rice fields across Vietnam
Mar 27, 2020 (ESA)
In Vietnam, rice has been a strategic crop for national food security. Vietnam is the fifth largest producer of rice in the world, the majority of which is grow...
Air pollution in Italy falls since start of lockdown
Mar 25, 2020 (AFP)
In Milan, Italy's economic capital, the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a gas emitted mainly from vehicles and power stations and which can cause infla...
Very high resolution satellite imagery from CloudFerro
Mar 24, 2020 (SPX)
The Polish company CloudFerro, specializing in providing cloud computing services, which is also the operator of cloud platforms providing Earth observation sat...
Observing phytoplankton via satellite
Mar 23, 2020 (SPX)
The tiny phytoplankton found in the world's oceans are tremendously productive, and create half the oxygen we need to breathe. Just like land-based plants, they...
COVID-19: nitrogen dioxide over China
Mar 23, 2020 (ESA)
As news of the coronavirus broke out in the Hubei province, China, in late December 2019, stricter measures were put in place. As a result, by late January, fac...
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