The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently conducted its first unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission using a Raven RQ-11A small UAS to count sandhill cranes in southern Colorado.
ESA Unveils New Sea Ice Map at Paris Air Show
The first map of sea-ice thickness from the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission is designed to change our understanding of the complex relationship between ice and climate.
GeoEye-2 Design Phase Ahead of Schedule
The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite has successfully completed the space system critical design review two weeks ahead of schedule.
China Puts Drones on the Fast Track
U.S. military successes with drones have changed strategic thinking worldwide and spurred a global rush for unmanned aircraft.
Air Force To Add Hyperspectral Capabilities to Drones
The U.S. Air Force has contracted Raytheon to produce the first airborne tactical Earth imaging hyperspectral sensor system.
Flooding Along the Souris River
On Sunday, June 26, the Souris River crested in Minot, N.D., with flooding reaching depths of 14 feet in some places. Rising more than four feet in just 18 hours on Friday, June 24, the river flooded some 4,000 homes as it raged through the city at a rate of 27,600 cubic feet per second, five times the fastest rate recorded during the last three decades.
What's Causing All This Wild Weather? Blame La Nada!
Record snowfall, killer tornadoes, devastating floods Since last December, the weather in the United States has been positively wild. But why? A NASA climatologist points a finger at the disappearance of La Niña.
Florida Researchers Monitor Crops with UAS
University of Florida researcher Reza Ehsani and others are using a miniature unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to view crops from above, giving farmers a promising, inexpensive way to obtain much-needed clues about what's really happening between the leaves and branches.
Spain's PAZ Satellite on Pace for 2012 Debut
If all goes well, Spain will become the first European country to have a dual Earth observation system”radar and optical”for both civilian and military use.
LiDAR 3-D Mapping Aids Colorado Ice Age Researchers
A group of 27 scientists has joined the 50-person dig team at the Ice Age fossil site near Snowmass Village, Colo. With only a week left in the dig at Ziegler Reservoir, the fossil excavation is accelerating to its completion.
