Europe's first Copernicus Program satellite is set to launch April 3. The European Space Agency (ESA) is demonstrating how its advanced radar will map ice, monitor subsidence and more.
Satellite Images Aid Lower Colorado River Restoration Efforts
Satellite imagery plays a key role in monitoring the effects of a type of controlled flooding called pulse flow in an attempt to reinvigorate the lower Colorado River ecosystem.
Using a Drone to Hunt Big Game? Not in Alaska!
At its March 14-18 meeting in Anchorage, the seven-member Alaska Board of Game approved a measure to prohibit hunters from spotting game with unmanned aircraft systems.
Astronauts Snap Photo of Bowknot Bend
This sector of the Green River canyon in eastern Utah is known as Bowknot Bend because of the way the river doubles back on itself. The loop carries river rafters 14.5 kilometers (9 miles) before bringing them back to nearly the same point they started from”though on the other side of a low, narrow saddle.
NASA's Operation IceBridge Begins New Arctic Campaign
Researchers aboard NASA’s P-3 research aircraft left the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., March 10 for Greenland to begin a new season of collecting data on Arctic land and sea ice.
Harvesting Sunlight on the Playa
On Dec. 25, 2013, the Operational Land Imager on NASA's Landsat 8 satellite acquired this natural-color image of Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California.
Army at Tipping Point of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
“We’re on the tipping point of unmanned aerial systems’ ability to deliver capability to the soldier,” said Col. Thomas von Eschenbach.
Bolivia Experiences Excessive Flooding
Residents of Bolivia's low-lying Beni region are accustomed to flooding, but the floods Bolivians faced in February 2014 were unusually severe.
Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Demonstrator Completes 1st Flight
SEATTLE, March 5, 2014—Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) demonstrator recently completed its first flight to verify airworthiness, an important milestone toward providing a low-risk and cost-effective maritime surveillance solution designed...
Esri Announces Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014
Redlands, Calif., March 10, 2014—Esri, the world leader in mapping technology, unveiled The Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014, calling all developers to create an app using the Esri ArcGIS Platform to help communities, see, understand, and prepare for...
