New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems ...

NASA and ISRO’s NISAR satellite will map Earth’s land and ice in 3D using dual-band radar, detecting movements as small as a centimeter to monitor disasters, land shifts, and climate changes.

Here’s how to understand satellite data maps to understand our planet’s vital signs. Above: Carbon dioxide absorption by Earth’s vegetation over the course of a year. Image: NASA Goddard’s ...

IGIS Tech Notes describe workflows and techniques for using geospatial science and technologies in research and extension. They are works in progress, and we welcome feedback and comments below.

The now-defunct satellite ERS-2 disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, returning to Earth after more than ten years in space, between Alaska and Hawaii, according to the European Space ...

The Global Land Cover 2000 map, builta at a 1km resolution. The new maps, at a 300 metre resolution, will be a compatible update to this land use map. View gallery - 3 images ...

However, Google Earth has the next best thing for thehistory nerds: a feature called Historical Imagery that allows you to ...

The elevation of nearly every place on Earth is now available, thanks to a NASA satellite mission. By analyzing 1.3 million images collected by a Japanese instrument aboard the spacecraft, the ...

The United States and France have launched a satellite that will map bodies of water on the Earth’s surface. The satellite will complete its global journey every three weeks as it measures flow ...

There’s also a new “Earth” tab on Google Maps, right next to the Satellite and Map tabs. Here’s a how-to video that Google has published showing how it all works.