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Scientists deploy ocean floats to peer into Earth's interior
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
Frederik Simons, at Princeton University, will discuss this international effort during the marine seismoacoustics session of the 178th Meeting of the Acoustica...
How saving the ozone layer in 1987 slowed global warming
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
New research published in Environmental Research Letters has revealed that thanks to the Protocol, today's global temperatures are considerably lower. And by mi...
SubX shows promise for improved monthly weather forecasts
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists like University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Professor Ben Kirtman and Assistant Professor Kathleen Pegion at Ge...
Satellites key to '10 Insights in Climate Science' report
Dec 08, 2019 (ESA)
The report provides an assessment of the key advances that have been made over the last 12 months in understanding the drivers, effects and impacts of climate c...
Green light for BRICS satellite amid space arms race fears
Dec 06, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Indian space ministry has indicated major progress in terms of establishing a BRICS satellite for various applications including natural resources managemen...
The Eurasian continent remembers and amplifies cold waves as the Arctic warms
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
Sea ice loss in the Arctic is known to cause cold waves in the mid-latitude Northern Hemisphere including in North America, Europe and East Asia. In the study, ...
NASA, French space laser measures massive migration of ocean animals
Nov 28, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers observed this vertical migration pattern using the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite - a joint ...
NASA embarks on 5 expeditions targeting air, land and sea across US
Nov 27, 2019 (SPX)
Science teams will embark by land, sea and air as part of multi-year campaigns funded by NASA's Earth Venture program. This is NASA's third series of competitiv...
Testing time for MetOp Second Generation
Nov 26, 2019 (ESA)
MetOp-SG is Europe's component of the Joint Polar System, which is a collaboration with the US. Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Mete...
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high in 2018: UN
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
"There is no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline, in greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere despite all the commitments under the Paris Agreement on...
Telescopes and satellites combine to map entire planet's ground movement
Nov 22, 2019 (SPX)
The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, showed that satellite images capturing the movement of the Earth's surface on different continents as a...
NASA soil data joins the Air Force
Nov 20, 2019 (JPL)
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft, launched in 2015 and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, measures the am...
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa's soaring landscape
Nov 20, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists have long puzzled over why areas such as South Africa's Highveld region are so elevated and flat, with unexpectedly hot rocks below the surface. Geol...
Lynred delivers flight-model IR detector to MicroCarb
Nov 19, 2019 (SPX)
"The aim of the MicroCarb mission is to accurately measure the atmospheric concentration of CO2 across the globe, as well as improve our understanding of the me...
Science around the planet uses images of Earth from the Space Station
Nov 19, 2019 (SPX)
The study is only one example of the wide variety of scientific research based on images taken by crew members from space using the Crew Earth Observations (CEO...
Sea-level monitoring satellite on show
Nov 18, 2019 (ESA)
Copernicus Sentinel-6 was on full display at the IABG space test centre near Munich, giving media and partners in the mission a unique opportunity to see this r...
New Moon-seeking sensor aims to improve Earth Observations
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Instrument (air-LUSI) is flying aboard NASA's ER-2 airplane. The ER-2 is able to soar above clouds, about 70,000 feet abo...
Simera Sense and Space Inventor to collaborate on offering earth observation solutions
Nov 14, 2019 (SPX)
The cooperation between Simera Sense and Space Inventor provide satellite operators access to the best of both worlds, high-performance optical payloads in a sm...
Vacuum Equipment for Space Applications
Nov 14, 2019 (SPX)
Vacuum specialist Leybold will present its product solutions for the development, manufacture and testing of spacecraft, satellites and space-related technologi...
CloudFerro is contracted by DLR to provide the next stage of CODE-DE
Nov 14, 2019 (SPX)
CODE-DE has been ensuring national access to Copernicus data and services in Germany since the beginning of 2017 and offers a platform for processing Earth obse...
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