This photograph from the International Space Station highlights a late-summer whiting event visible across much of Lake Ontario. Such events commonly occur in late summer and are caused by changes in water temperature, which allows fine particles of calcium carbonate to form in the water column.
Japan's Sakura-jima volcano typically is known for one or two small explosions every few days, but on Aug. 18, 2013, the volcano surprised everyone by breaking its established pattern.
Microscopic dust particles from African sandstorms blowing across the Atlantic to the Caribbean limit airplane pilots' visibility to just a few miles and affect the ability of asthmatics to breathe.
In late August, firefighters battling a giant wildfire burning in the Sierra Nevada in and around Yosemite National Park added a California National Guard Predator drone to their arsenal.
NASA and UCLA Researcher Tom Painter are interested in the purity of snow, so Painter studies how much water is stored in snowpack and how that snow looks to satellites.
Hallowell, Maine, Aug. 27, 2013—Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of a new 64 bit version of the Geographic Calculator with the release of Service Pack 1. With the Geographic Calculator v2013, SP1 users have the option to...
Redlands, Calif., Aug. 26, 2013—The GIS 20: Essential Skills, Second Edition, by Gina Clemmer, is an indispensable workbook that helps readers master the top 20 skills necessary to become proficient in using ArcGIS software. It is a direct result of a survey that...
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 20, 2013—PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announces the availability of its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image analysis in Geomatica online training sessions....
Bethesda, Md., Aug. 20, 2013—The Board of Directors of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is seeking a professionally respected, service-oriented, and energetic individual to become its next Executive Director. ASPRS is a highly...
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 20, 2013—PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announces SAR Processing in Geomatica, an advanced course that explores data preparation, processing and analysis...
