Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, October 28, 2015 — According to Euroconsult's newly released report, Government Space Programs: Strategic Outlook, Benchmarks & Forecasts, a new growth cycle in government space spending is expected to start and...
California's Future Likely Includes More Droughts and Floods
A study published in Nature Communications suggests that El Niño and La Niña weather patterns could lead to at least a doubling of extreme droughts and floods in California later this century. The study also predicts more-frequent extreme weather events.
NASA Satellites Track Historic Hurricane Patricia
Hurricane Patricia made landfall on Oct. 24, 2015, along the southwestern coast of Mexico. NASA's Aqua satellite captured Patricia making landfall, while the Global Precipitation Measurement mission core satellite added up Patricia's high rain totals, which exceeded more than 409 millimeters (16.1 inches) over open waters.
Introducing EONET: The Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker
NASA recently released the Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET), an API that provides a curated collection of natural events as well as a way to link those events to image layers. EONET is expected to enable developers to build their own client applications on top of NASA data.
Ozone Hole Approaches Record Size
Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Earth Observation Center (EOC) used Earth-observation satellites to determine that the ozone hole over Antarctica currently extends more than 26 million square kilometers”an area larger than the North American continent. It's approximately 2.5 million square kilometers larger than at the same time in 2014, and just less than the record in 2006, when it was 27 million square kilometers.
MapAction Supports Co-ordination of the Refugee Crisis in the Mediterranean
Saunderton, Bucks: October 27, 2015 — MapAction is deploying volunteers to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Athens, Belgrade and Geneva to support the coordination of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. Alongside this,...
BRI Announces the Results of Its Mid-Atlantic Baseline Studies Project to Assess the Distribution and Abundance of Wildlife Along the Eastern Seaboard
Portland, ME, October 27, 2015 —Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and collaborators announce the results of a three-year, multi-state project that fills significant ecological data gaps on bird, marine mammal, and sea turtle distributions and movements. The goal...
New Report Offers NASA Framework for Establishing Priorities Among Earth Observations
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015  — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers NASA a framework for prioritizing satellite observations and measurements of Earth based on their scientific value. NASA's Earth Science Division...
Advanced and Productive Survey Solutions at 2015 Latin America Geospatial Forum
October 27, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will present its latest solutions for the surveying market at the 2015 Latin America Geospatial Forum (LAGF) in Mexico City on November 10-12. Business Unit Manager Albert Iavarone will speak...
RealVisuals Recreates Museum Artefacts as 3D Models Using Pointfuse Software
Shepperton Studios, London, October 27, 2015 — RealVisuals is bringing historical artefacts to life with interactive 3D computer models created from laser scanner data generated using Pointfuse software. The Belgium based technology company has pioneered the use...