EARTH OBSERVATION - ROBO DAILY

China's marine satellites support coral reef protection in South China Sea

Jul 16, 2020 (XNA)

State broadcaster CCTV reported that the National Satellite Ocean Application Service will cooperate with a coral reef research center in Guangxi University to ...

Methane emissions rise nine percent in decade

Jul 14, 2020 (AFP)

Methane (CH4) has a warming potential 28 times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period and its concentration in the atmosphere has more than doubled since the I...

Simulations shows magnetic field can change 10 times faster than previously thought

Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)

Their study gives new insight into the swirling flow of iron 2800 kilometres below the planet's surface and how it has influenced the movement of the magnetic f...

Proba-V passes the torch

Jul 13, 2020 (ESA)

Proba-V was launched in 2013 to fill a gap in global vegetation monitoring between the end of France's Spot satellites and Copernicus Sentinel-3. Its compact Ve...

How does Earth sustain its magnetic field?

Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)

Life as we know it could not exist without Earth's magnetic field and its ability to deflect dangerous ionizing particles from the solar wind and more far-flung...

New study detects ringing of the global atmosphere

Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)

In the case of the atmosphere, the "music" comes not as a sound we could hear, but in the form of large-scale waves of atmospheric pressure spanning the globe a...

UP42 Adds exactEarth Ship Tracking Data to Geospatial Marketplace

Jul 09, 2020 (SPX)

UP42 gives users direct access to extensive Earth observation data sets and advanced processing algorithms - along with cloud computing power - to create their ...

Contracts awarded for development of six new Copernicus missions

Jul 07, 2020 (ESA)

The overall package is co-funded by the EU and ESA Member States, and relies on future funding from the EU Multiannual financial framework. The approval provide...

Earth's magnetic field can shift 10 times faster than scientists thought

Jul 07, 2020 (UPI)

Today, scientists use satellites to track Earth's magnetic field, but to understand the evolution of the planet's magnetic field, researchers must analyze sedim...

In the right hands, NASA satellite data and analysis make Earth better

Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)

Earthrise is one of numerous organizations getting Earth-observation images, data, and analysis - much of which NASA makes available for free - into the hands o...

Silver linings as Strange times meet strange clouds

Jul 03, 2020 (ESA)

A summer phenomenon, these rare clouds are visible when the Sun is below the viewer's horizon, shining light on these tenuous wisps. First mentioned in 1885, ju...

Six new missions for the Europe's Copernicus program

Jul 02, 2020 (SPX)

"At the Space 19+ European Space Agency (ESA) Council Meeting at Ministerial Level held in Seville in November 2019, Germany set the course for a strong commitm...

Congratulations, TanDEM-X - 10 years of 3D mapping from space

Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)

The primary mission objective - the creation of a highly accurate global elevation model of Earth's entire landmass - was achieved as early as mid-2016 with the...

Study quantifies socioeconomic benefits of satellites for harmful algal bloom detection

Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)

In 2017, toxic cyanobacteria permeated portions of Utah Lake, threatening the health of swimmers and other visitors. It wasn't the first time; harmful algal blo...

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Satellite Analyzes Saharan Dust Aerosol Blanket

Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)

NASA uses satellites and other resources to track aerosol particles made of desert dust, smoke, and volcanic ash. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite ...

Successful integration of ATLID completes the European set of instruments for EarthCARE satellite

Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)

EarthCARE is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), with Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen (Germany)...

SEOSAT-Ingenio ready for shipment to Kourou

Jun 16, 2020 (ESA)

Thanks to the satellite era, we are better placed to understand and monitor the complexities of our planet, particularly with respect to global change. As the u...

China plans to launch meteorological satellite to dawn-dusk orbit

Jun 15, 2020 (XNA)

The satellite was designed and built by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, affiliated with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. ...

Half the earth relatively intact from global human influence

Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)

The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, compared four recent global maps of the conversion of natural lands to anthropogenic land uses to rea...

Looking up to the stars can reveal what's deep below

Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)

Similar to the way doctors use ultrasounds to look inside the human body, earth scientists use seismic waves to probe the Earth's interior. However, their task ...