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Powerful new digital mapping tools developed by University of Nevada, Reno researchers hold promise to improve management of rangeland, particularly public lands in the far-flung Western United States. The significant improvements in mapping of vegetation enabled by the University’s research provide managers of rangeland, ranchers as well as federal managers of public lands, with better ...

Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of clouds and water vapor at Earth’s ...

South Korea has been a ground for cutting-edge innovation, birthing powerhouses in almost every facet of modern-day technology, such as Samsung and Hyundai. Even in the space sector, South Korea has made neat progress by launching various satellites in the realm of earth observation and military surveillance. In 2021, the country launched Nuri – a ...

NASA has made new data available that can provide air pollution observations at unprecedented resolutions – down to the scale of individual neighborhoods. The near real-time data comes from the agency’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) instrument, which launched last year to improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality ...

Farmland is often a battleground in the fight against climate change. Solar panels and energy crops are pitted against food production, while well-intended policy choices can create incentives for farmers to till up new lands, releasing even more heat-trapping gas into the atmosphere. That’s why strategies for sustainable plant-based fuels focus on marginal lands — ...

ESA’s EarthCARE satellite, poised to revolutionise our understanding of how clouds and aerosols affect our climate, has been launched. This extraordinary satellite embarked on its journey into space on 29 May at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US. Just 10 ...

NASA’s “Wildfire Digital Twin” project will equip firefighters and wildfire managers with a superior tool for monitoring wildfires and predicting harmful air pollution events and help researchers observe global wildfire trends more precisely. The tool, developed with funding from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office and NASA’s FireSense Program, will use artificial intelligence and machine learning ...

NASA has selected Carbon-I, a proposal to map carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions globally at a higher-than-ever resolution, as a finalist for an upcoming space mission. Carbon-I, which is short for the Carbon Investigation, was among four proposals selected to receive $5 million for a one-year feasibility study. After the feasibility studies are ...

The National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) has completed a significant step in its fight against desertification: the first phase of a project to assess the state of land degradation across the Kingdom, which resulted in the creation of 246 detailed maps. These maps provide valuable insight into desertification trends and the ...

China sent a new set of four Beijing-3 optical remote sensing satellites into orbit late Sunday. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 11:06 p.m. Eastern, May 19 (0306 UTC, May 20), from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Group (CASC) confirmed launch success within an hour ...

The new Tandem Dual-Antenna Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry (TDA-InSAR) system, addresses the limitations of current spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems by providing a more reliable and efficient method for 3D surface mapping. The system’s innovative design allows for single-pass acquisitions, significantly reducing the time required for data collection and enhancing the precision ...

A research team has recently published a comprehensive review on the innovative integration of spectral data and phylogeographic patterns to study plant genetic variation. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of remote sensing technology in identifying and analyzing genetic variations in plants across different geographical regions. This methodology not only deepens our understanding of plant diversity ...

The geology along Ecuador’s Coca River is moving in fast-forward. In a scientific field where natural wonders form over millennia, but natural disasters occur in minutes, speed is less than desirable. Over the last four years, the river and its surrounding area within the Amazon basin have experienced a lava dam collapse, 500 million tons ...

The MBZ-SAT, the most advanced satellite in the region named after the UAE President, has been approved for launch which will take place no earlier than October 2024. The Earth-observation satellite will be launched on a SpaceX rocket further solidifying the UAE’s position in the global space industry. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of ...

A project at the UK’s Aston University has received financial support for its work on enhancing lidar for crop monitoring applications. The award of a Royal Society Industry Fellowship grant worth £174,000 will be used to further develop a polarimetic lidar, funding work underway at the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT) in the lab ...

NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world. These four investigations are part of the agency’s new Earth System Explorers ...

Germany’s Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) will continue to manage production of pan-European datasets after signing a new agreement with EuroGeographics. As a result, BKG is responsible for three open datasets available via the Open Maps For Europe (OME) user interface, as well as a database of administrative boundaries and 1:250 000 topographic ...

This book presents a comprehensive coverage of remote sensing technology used to gather information on 12 types of natural hazards in the terrestrial sphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. It clarifies in detail how to yield spatial and quantitative data on a natural hazard, including its spatial distribution, severity, causes, and the likelihood of occurrence. The ...

When scientists look at the Earth’s available water for ecosystem services, they don’t just look at precipitation. They must also account for water moving from the ground to the atmosphere, a process known as evapotranspiration (ET). ET includes evaporation from soil and open water pools such as lakes, rivers, and ponds, as well as transpiration ...

Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, in its partnership with Impact Observatory, has released an updated global land-use/land-cover map of the world based on the most up-to-date 10-meter Sentinel-2 satellite data. In the update, the Sentinel-2 10m Land Use/Land Cover Time Series includes new data from 2023, expanding the series to include global coverage ...

In a collaborative project between Spanish TSO Red Eléctrica, tech platform Elewit and satellite solutions developer Orbital EOS, the capability of satellite imagery analysis is being investigated as a means to identify breakdowns in high-voltage power lines and reduce asset service replacement times. The project’s proposal is to use very high-resolution satellite imagery from synthetic ...

OInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), e China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) participam da 19ª reunião do Comitê de Projetos Conjuntos (JPC – sigla em inglês). Estiveram presentes nesta reunião vários Coordenadores e especialistas do INPE e representantes de diversos setores da CAST. Iniciando a reunião, o Diretor Clezio Marcos De Nardin deu as ...

Bangladesh is preparing to introduce remote sensing and drones to detect crop damage caused by extreme weather events or diseases. Around 20 officers of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) are initially receiving training to learn how to use the state-of-the-art technologies. Malay Choudhury, additional secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and Edimon Ginting, ADB Country Director ...

Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have developed a new technology using synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) to detect hazardous sections of open water in frozen rivers in Alaska during winter. This technology can also be applied across the Arctic, where open water zones pose similar dangers. By identifying these open water zones, researchers hope to ...

A team of researchers has unveiled a novel approach to accurately characterizing tree height composition in forests using the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology. This study marks a significant advancement in our understanding of forest ecosystems, shedding light on the intricacies of tree height variability and its implications for ...

Energy modellers and researchers have developed a geospatial mapping model they say can help address the electricity access gap in Africa. The model has been developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA), researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Electricity Growth and Use In Developing Economies. By mapping which buildings are ...

With the development of shipborne echo sounders in the early 20th century, bathymetric surveys saw massive leaps in both accuracy and convenience. However, even with modern echo sounders, there are still many hardships to overcome when conducting bathymetric surveys. These include high cost, unpredictable weather, high ship traffic, and potential geographic or diplomatic issues, to ...

Enquanto o governo federal discute a criação de um polo agrícola na confluência entre Amazonas, Acre e Rondônia – popularmente conhecida pelo acrônimo Amacro –, o desmatamento nos municípios da região avança e já representa 76,5% do total da área devastada nos três Estados entre 2018 e 2022. A conclusão é de um estudo publicado ...

Recent research highlights a significant rise in Southwest China’s aboveground carbon levels between 2013 and 2021, showcasing the area’s capacity to counterbalance the negative impacts of severe droughts. This development emphasizes the vital role of Southwest China as a carbon sink, attributed to substantial ecological efforts and the deployment of cutting-edge remote sensing methodologies. For ...

A new scientific endeavour has taken to the sky using high-tech drones and satellite images to understand better the annual spring herring spawn vital to salmon and wildlife on the West Coast. Between February and March each year, frigid ocean waters transform to a milky tropical-looking turquoise green when male herring release milt to fertilize ...