News tagged with remote sensing
Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips
When the crew of Apollo 17 snapped the famous Blue Marble photo of Earth in 1972, they gave humanity its first truly global perspective on the planet we all call home. The image helped spark recognition of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Satellite data can help protect bluefin tuna
A new model developed by scientists of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) allows the potential presence of bluefin tuna to be tracked through daily updated maps, helping to protect endangered stocks and ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Seeing beneath the soil to uncover the past
Archaeology is no longer just about digging holes. New research by a team led from the University of Leeds promises to improve the investigation of our heritage from the air.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Editor of Remote Sensing journal resigns citing review mistakes on climate model paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolfgang Wagner, editor of the journal Remote Sensing, has resigned from his post after an internal review revealed that a paper published in his journal by climatic scientists Roy Spencer an ...
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Mapping mangrove biomass
A comparison of three techniques to detect changes in mangrove forest areas suggests one gives more reliable results than the other two, and this finding will help researchers better understand growth and ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Designing software to protect against mosquito-borne diseases
A team of undergraduate computer scientists and their professor at South Dakota State University are building software to protect people in Africa and North America from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Satellite looks down the eye of erupting Nabro Volcano
Wow! What an amazing and detailed top-down view of an active volcano! This is the Nabro Volcano, which has been erupting since June 12, 2011. It sits in an isolated region on the border between Eritrea and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Phobos slips past Jupiter (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Earlier this month, ESA's Mars Express performed a special manoeuvre to observe an unusual alignment of Jupiter and the martian moon Phobos. The impressive images have now been processed into ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2011 |
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X-SAT beams images back to Singapore
Singapore's first locally-built micro-satellite in space, X-SAT, has started to transmit images back to Singapore.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2011 |
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Research brings habitat models into the future
Time marches on, and thanks to Michigan State University research, models of wildlife habitat now can monitor changes over time more accurately and more easily.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Landsat 7 satellite shows tsunami effects in Sendai, Japan
Before and after images from the Landsat 7 satellite show the after effects of the tsunami that followed the 9.0 earthquake off of Japan's east coast last weekend. A side-by-side comparison reveals inland ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2011 |
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ChesapeakeView: Everything you need to know about the bay
Crabs, fishing, land use and pollution sources are frequently hot topics for researchers in the Chesapeake Bay area, but finding all the available information, especially remote sensing data, is frequently a chore. Now, ChesapeakeView, ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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New method for infrared remote sensing to analyze traffic pollution
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, are testing infrared remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions associated with motor vehicle traffic which allows for analysis of ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Cleaning the Chesapeake Bay from space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pilot test of an innovative use of new remote sensing technologies to aid the Chesapeake Bay cleanup begins this year in Talbot County, Md., on the Bay's Eastern Shore.
Aug 31, 2010 |
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New study examines effects of drought in the Amazon
Recent research surrounding the impact of drought in the Amazon has provided contradictory findings as to how tropical forests react to a drier and warmer climate. A new study published in the August 2 Early Edition of the ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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