Findings suggest that radar data, if collected routinely from airborne systems or satellites, could in some cases foresee sinkholes before they happen, decreasing danger to people and property.
Ruling: FAA Lacks Authority to Ban Commercial UAS
A ruling by an administrative law judge holds that the Federal Aviation Administration lacks clear-cut authority to ban the commercial use of unmanned aircraft in U.S. continental airspace.
Researchers Want to Zap Space Junk
An Australian team working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth says perhaps we're only a couple of decades from a “cascade of collisions” among low-Earth-orbiting satellites.
ESA Satellite Could Track Greenhouse Gases
A recent field campaign shows that a potential new satellite could understand where greenhouse gases come from, how they disperse in the atmosphere and how they affect climate change.
NASA Assists California Agriculture
As more drought looms, satellites are providing California growers with valuable information.
ESA Space Debris Radar Detects First Objects
A prototype radar that will help Europe develop capabilities in space-debris surveillance is performing above expectations and showing its capability to detect objects in low orbits.
NASA, JAXA Measure Rain and Snow
Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched Feb. 27, 2014.
Insurers Eye Unmanned Earth Observing Aircraft
Grant Goldsmith, the president of Overwatch, a provider of high-risk insurance for international contractors, says he has been approached by insurers interested in using drones for claims work.
England Rivers Spill Banks
A storm wave dropped 15 inches of rain on southern England December 2013-January 2014”the wettest two-month period on record since 1910. The rain and flooding continued into February.
Tiny Proba-V Satellite Is a Workhorse
During its first two months, the European Space Agency's Proba-V minisatellite collected more than 5,000 images, 65 daily global maps and six 10-day global syntheses, plus gave us a quick peek at the Olympics.
