For the third consecutive October, NASA research aircraft are flying over Antarctica in search of clues about the health and dynamics of the frozen continent's massive ice sheets and shelves.
Declassified Spy Satellite a Great Relief for Engineer
A 74-year-old Holocaust survivor who helped pioneer the government's top-secret spy satellites during the Cold War finally can talk about it 46 years later.
ESA Announces GMES Masters Winners
The winners of the first European Earth observation competition, the GMES Masters, demonstrated projects that exploit social media to advance Earth observation applications.
Waterways Weave Mosaic Across Yukon Delta
Southwestern Alaska's Yukon Delta spreads out in a vast tundra plain, where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers meander toward the Bering Sea. Resembling a delicate pattern of branching and overlapping blood vessels, the delta's complex system of rivers and streams flow through circuitous channels toward the sea, passing and feeding a multitude of coastal ponds and lakes.
New NASA EO Satellite to Show The Big Picture
NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth observation satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables.
Drone Collects Images of Ancient Russian Site
A miniature unmanned aircraft has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia.
Is an Arctic Ozone Hole in Earth's Future?
A NASA study concludes that cold temperatures lasting long into 2011 have some implications for the formation of an Arctic ozone hole.
North Dakota Schools Train UAS Pilots
The University of North Dakota and Northland Community and Technical College are preparing students for the coming wave of unmanned aircraft operations.
Global Elevation Map Features 260,000 New Images
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth, produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.
Drones Observe Rangeland in Eight States
Unmanned aircraft are being used by U.S. Agricultural Research Service scientists to monitor changes in rangeland ecology.
