After maintaining a low simmer for 10 months, NASA's EO-1 satellite finally caught Italy's Etna volcano erupting on Feb. 19 and 20, 2013, with three outbursts in 36 hours.
Overseeing a Stable of Satellites
Following its merger with GeoEye, DigitalGlobe will finish building the GeoEye-2 satellite, then preserve it as a spare. Meanwhile, the company's WorldView-3 satellite remains on track for a 2014 launch.
Drones May Keep Tabs on Fraudulent Farmers
Farmers in Ireland who are tempted to claim too much in European Union farm payments may have to answer to evidence provided by camera-carrying drones.
SMOS Satellite Sheds New Light on Gulf Stream Movement
The meandering Gulf Stream current plays an important role in transferring Earth's heat and salt, influencing the climate of North America's East Coast and Europe's West Coast.
Sandy Streaks Create Algerian Abstract
In this Landsat 5 satellite image, what look like pale yellow paint streaks slashing through a mosaic of mottled colors are ridges of wind-blown sand that make up Erg Iguidi, an area of ever-shifting sand dunes extending from Algeria into Mauritania in northwestern Africa.
Satellite Settles Sloping Sea Debate
For decades, scientists have disagreed about whether the sea is higher or lower heading north along the east coast of North America. What's the answer?
Aerial Mapping Aids Irish Taxman
In Ireland, sophisticated aerial mapping will be used to measure a home's proximity to shops, transport links, schools and other amenities that have a bearing on property values.
More Satellite Evidence: Arctic Sea Ice Declining
New measurements from the European Space Agency's ice mission validates that the volume of Arctic sea ice has declined by 36 percent during autumn and 9 percent during winter between 2003 and 2012.
FAA Announces Plans for Drone Test Sites
A future in which drones are as common in U.S. skies as piloted helicopters and airliners is a step closer with a government request for proposals to create six drone test sites around the country.
Blue Marble Releases Global Energy Mapper Version 14.1
Hallowell, Maine, Feb. 14, 2013—Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com ) is pleased to announce the release of Global Energy Mapper 14.1 today, making available a variety of enhancements in the most affordable yet powerful GIS tool available for energy...
