Satellite data on artificial nighttime light indicates rapid increase in industrial activities in the Arctic
More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite ...
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Satellite images trace emperor penguins’ struggle to survive
New Australian research using satellite imagery to monitor the location of emperor penguin colonies in East Antarctica shows the birds ...
Antarctica ‘greening’ at spectacular rate, satellite data shows
Vegetation cover on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than 10-fold over the past four decades, new research shows. The ...
Increase in atmospheric methane during pandemic mainly due to flooding of wetlands, satellite data analysis finds
A new analysis of satellite data reveals that the record increase in atmospheric methane emissions between 2020 and 2022 was ...
An American satellite has taken off to better predict solar storms
A new American satellite expected to significantly improve predictions of solar storms, events capable of disrupting electrical and communications networks ...
Spy satellite images offer insight into historic ecosystem changes
A large number of historic Cold War-era spy satellite photographs were declassified decades ago. This valuable remote sensing data has ...
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting and being replaced by vegetation, major satellite analysis shows
An estimated 11,000 square miles or 28,707 square kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past ...
NASA climate satellite takes off to study a warming Earth’s oceans and atmosphere
NASA's newest climate satellite went into orbit Thursday to study the planet's oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX launched ...
Small satellite could form centaur rings
The two unique thin rings around Centauri Chariklo could be shaped by an even smaller satellite. Chariklo is a centaur, ...
New research leverages AI and satellite imagery to reveal the growing footprint of human activity at sea
A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of the previously unmapped industrial use of ...
