The Jane Goodall Institute has mapped human structures, footpaths, farms and forests that have been used in village land-use plans in the USAID-funded Greater Gombe Ecosystem Program.
TV Broadcasters Eye Earth Observation Drones
TV news-gathering gadgetry doesn't get any sexier than the Camcopter S-100, a military-grade unmanned aircraft system manufactured by Austria's Schiebel Corp.
Michigan State to Tackle Harmful Algae
Funded with a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, university researchers say the implications of their work to curb harmful algal blooms will resonate globally.
Satellite Industry CEOs, Top Executives to Meet in Paris
Paris, Aug. 30, 2012—CEOs and other key decision makers from the world’s foremost companies and government agencies in the global satellite industry will meet again in Paris at the annual must-attend senior leadership event, the World Satellite Business Week,...
DigitalGlobe, Genscape Partner on Key Oil and Gas Report
A new monthly report comprising high-resolution satellite imagery will offer insight and empirical data on previously opaque markets, detailing when new capacity comes online.
Barges Backing up on Low Mississippi River
The summer drought has the river's water level at near-record lows, causing several barges to run aground, at one point backing up nearly 100 more.
Manitoba Police Deploy Surveillance Drones
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba have two new unmanned aircraft systems that can be used for aerial photography and video of crime and crash scenes.
Satellites Reveal Troubling Himalayan Glacier Melt
A study published in Nature shows that glaciers in the Hindu Kush“Karakoram“Himalaya region lost 12 gigatonnes annually from 2003 to 2008, much more than previously reported.
Floating Eye to Monitor U.S.-Mexico Border
The U.S. military is partnering with border-patrol officials in an initiative that could bring dozens of surveillance blimps from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the U.S. border with Mexico.
Satellites Show Far-Reaching Effects of U.S. Wildfires
Smoke from western wildfires affected air quality as far away as the Great Lakes, and some of the thickest smoke stretched from the Dakotas to Texas.
