Mining social media can help improve disaster response efforts
Leveraging publicly available social media posts could help disaster response agencies quickly identify impacted areas in need of assistance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers. By...
View ArticleNASA damage maps may help in future quakes
Nepal's magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake caused significant damage and loss of life in 2015. In natural disasters like this, it is critical to locate areas that are in the most need of assistance as...
View ArticleDrones give scientists a new self-service approach
Earth and environmental scientists have often had to rely on piloted aircraft and satellites to collect remote sensing data, platforms that have traditionally been controlled by large research...
View ArticleFilipino scientists complete 50kg microsatellite with help from researchers...
Tohoku and Hokkaido universities have successfully guided nine Filipino engineers in building the Philippines' first microsatellite, as part of a collaborative research contract with the Philippines...
View ArticleRevamped satellite data shows no pause in global warming
Climate change doubters may have lost one of their key talking points: a particular satellite temperature dataset that had seemed to show no warming for the past 18 years.
View ArticleNew technique tracks 'heartbeat' of hundreds of wetlands
For two University of Washington researchers, the real test came as they walked across a barren-looking field.
View Article'Popping rocks' with robots
When I was offered a spot in the science team for the Popping Rocks cruise I got really excited: My first research cruise! The open ocean! Mid-ocean ridge basalts! HOV Alvin dives! Escaping the New...
View ArticleAntarctic birds recognize individual humans
You may have heard of crows, magpies, and mockingbirds recognizing individual people. These birds live among people, so it may be natural that they learn to differentiate people. But what about the...
View ArticleScientist swaps desk for country's most rugged natural environments
As someone who once envisaged a career path as an economist, Lesley Gibson certainly never anticipated the places that she'd go on to work.
View ArticleWant to know where threatened species live? Look to the clouds
Much of our planet's biodiversity is concentrated in hotspots, such as tropical mountains, where knowledge about the habitats and distributions of species remains too uncertain to guide management and...
View ArticlePotential of satellite remote sensing to monitor species diversity
The importance of measuring species diversity as an indicator of ecosystem health has been long recognized and it seems that satellite remote sensing (SRS) has proven to be one of the most...
View ArticleCameras around Lake Tahoe change fight against wildfires (Update)
A growing network of cameras trained on the forested mountains around Lake Tahoe is changing the way crews fight Western wildfires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper, more...
View ArticleA new mobile phone app for grassroots mapping
University of Exeter academics have created an app which could help aid humanitarian rescue work in disaster-struck regions by using geographic data to map landscapes.
View ArticleMystery solved regarding largest volcano in the solar system
Scientists from the Division of Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing in the Institute of Geological Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin have succeeded in creating a model simulating the formation of...
View ArticleDiagnosis app scoops Africa health prize
An app that allows rural doctors to seek advice remotely from experts on Tuesday won Africa's first prize recognising new technology that boosts health on the continent.
View ArticleRemote imaging system will spot bridge corrosion from 100m away
Scientists are developing technology capable of detecting the level of rust on metal structures such as bridges from up to 100m away.
View ArticleGeohazard: Giant sinkholes near West Texas oil patch towns are growing—as new...
Satellite radar images reveal ground movement of infamous sinkholes near Wink, Texas; suggest the two existing holes are expanding, and new ones are forming as nearby subsidence occurs at an alarming...
View ArticleRemote sensing and forest inventories contribute to saving tropical forests
REDD+ aims to save and protect tropical forests, thus playing a major role in combating climate change and protecting biological diversity. However, many tropical countries lack the necessary forest...
View ArticleSpace Based Infrared System (SBIRS) to supply infrared data for developers
For the first time, infrared data from the Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) will be made available for new military and civilian uses at the Air Force's recently opened data...
View ArticleResearchers mine 'a tsunami of free data' from space
"Man must rise above Earth, to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only then will he fully understand the world in which he lives."
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