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NASA's SWOT satellite has captured rare river waves across U.S. waterways, revealing new possibilities for flood prediction, ...
New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime research.
Earth-observing satellites reveal significant ground shift in central Myanmar following the devastating earthquakes that ravaged the area in March.
If you’ve ever zoomed in a little too far on Google Earth and stumbled across something bizarre, you’re not alone. Satellite imagery lets us see the planet with a perspective that was once impossible, ...
The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says these measurements will serve as a proxy for determining carbon storage, ...
Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data ...
A Japanese satellite uses L-band radar to monitor forest cover, but it is not able to penetrate beneath the canopy in the same way as Biomass. Other efforts to map every tree on Earth have used ...
The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly when and where remains unknown.
The 1.2-tonne satellite will use an approach not dissimilar to that used in a CT scan, and analyse slices through the trees ...
The satellite will create a 3D map of tropical forests after 17 months ... “The Biomass satellite represents a major leap forward in our ability to understand Earth’s carbon cycle. By mapping the ...