EARTH OBSERVATION - INDO DAILY

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...

New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use

Mar 23, 2020 (SPX)

But limitations in existing models and satellite data pose challenges for precise estimates of evapotranspiration - a combination of evaporation from soil and t...

Air quality picking up in quarantined countries

Mar 22, 2020 (AFP)

Images by the US space agency NASA are clear, in February the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) fell dramatically in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the CO...

Study: Seeding atmosphere with sulfur dioxide may reduce global warming

Mar 20, 2020 (UPI)

Simulations indicate that a layer of aerosol particles applied to the earth's upper atmosphere by aircraft could reduce average global temperatures, at what res...

Global warming influence on extreme weather events has been frequently underestimated

Mar 19, 2020 (SPX)

Stanford climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh found that predictions that relied only on historical observations underestimated by about half the actual number of...

Emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals are larger than expected

Mar 18, 2020 (SPX)

While the ozone layer is on a recovery path, scientists have found unexpectedly high emissions of CFC-11 and CFC-12, raising the possibility of production of th...

China's polar-observing satellite completes Antarctic mission

Mar 16, 2020 (XNA)

Since it was launched on Sept. 12, 2019, the satellite called "Ice Pathfinder" (Code: BNU-1) has sent back more than 1,000 images covering the south polar regio...

More reliable rainfall forecasts for South Asian summer monsoons in coming decades

Mar 16, 2020 (SPX)

"Internal variability refers to variations in the mean state due to natural internal processes within the climate system. It is usually regarded as 'noise' in c...

Observing animal migration from space - ISS experiment ICARUS begins

Mar 11, 2020 (SPX)

This joint project between the Russian space agency Roscosmos and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), will investigate...

Kleos Data to Target Environmental Challenges in Brazil

Mar 09, 2020 (SPX)

Speaking about the Pre-Order by a Brazilian Government agency, Kleos CEO, Andy Bowyer said, "This is Kleos first entrance into a South American Government agenc...

Space video company Sen awards multimillion-euro contract to NanoAvionics

Mar 06, 2020 (SPX)

Sen has already demonstrated its technology of streaming ultra-high definition (UHD) video from space. It is now focused on developing its "EarthTV" constellati...

World View Stratollite fleet to provide high resolution imagery and data analytics in the Americas

Mar 05, 2020 (SPX)

After a series of successful test and development flights to sharpen vehicle flight and navigation capabilities, World View is in final preparations to offer cu...

NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown

Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)

The reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution was first noticed near Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, but eventually spread across China, according to ...

NASA Selects New Instrument to Continue Key Climate Record

Feb 27, 2020 (SPX)

The new instrument, named Libera, is NASA's first mission selected in response to the 2017 National Academies' Earth Science Decadal Survey. The project's princ...

The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming

Feb 26, 2020 (The Conversation)

Record-breaking Arctic warming and the dramatic decline of sea ice are having severe consequences on sensitive ecosystems in the region. But why has the Arctic ...

Pleiades Neo well on track for launch mid-2020

Feb 25, 2020 (SPX)

During the tests, the satellites are subjected to extreme temperatures and vacuum, vibration and acoustic noise, as well as electromagnetic interference. This w...

NASA, New Zealand Partner to Collect Climate Data from Commercial Aircraft

Feb 25, 2020 (SPX)

The program is part of NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission, a constellation of eight small satellites, launched in 2016, that use...

China-France oceanography satellite put into service

Feb 24, 2020 (XNA)

During the 8-month in-orbit test, the satellite acquired high-accuracy remote sensing data with its scatterometer and wave spectrometer, and the ground stations...

Jet stream not getting 'wavier' despite Arctic warming

Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)

Scientists from the University of Exeter have studied the extent to which Arctic amplification - the faster rate of warming in the Arctic compared to places far...

NASA prepares for new science flights above coastal Louisiana

Feb 21, 2020 (JPL)

"Millions of people live on, and live from services provided by, coastal deltas like the Mississippi River Delta. But sea-level rise is causing many major delta...