Several organizations teamed to conduct the first multiple, unmanned aircraft interception of a telltale rush of cold air preceding a thunderstorm at the Pawnee National Grassland in northeast Colorado on Aug. 14, 2014.
Ships Ensuring Accurate Satellites
Satellites provide useful information when properly calibrated. Learn how ocean research can play a key role in making Earth observation satellites more useful.
Measuring Ice Sheet Highs, Lows and Loss
New results from the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission reveal combined ice volume loss at an unprecedented rate of 500 cubic kilometers a year.
New Satellite Data to Help Farmers Facing Drought
With no ground- or satellite-based global network monitoring soil moisture at a local level, farmers eagerly await NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite.
Satellites Trace Changes in Air Pollution
Air pollution is one of the world's greatest environmental health risks. So how does exposure to air pollution vary around the world and how has it changed over time?
China Uses Drone for Earthquake Response
In early August, for the first time in China, an unmanned aircraft system was used to rapidly model the aftermath of an earthquake at Longtoushan, the quake's epicenter.
Where Can You Fly a Drone?
They’re available online and in stores, some for less than $100. But whether and where owners are allowed to fly those drones falls into a legal gray area.
White House Aims to Improve Earth Observation
The White House released a new plan to better coordinate how the government conducts, manages and maintains its Earth-observing scientific systems.
NASA's New Carbon Counter Collects Its First Data
Just a little more than a month after it was launched, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite has been maneuvered into its final orbit and has produced its first science data.
Police Satellites on the Horizon?
Soon it will be cost effective for police forces to buy their own satellites, predicts Ray Purdy, expert on satellites and the law at University College London.
