How Satellites Are Mapping the Ocean Floor Without Getting Wet
Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...
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Spain floods death toll hits 205 as maps, satellite images reveal Valencia impact and residents blast response
"Entire houses have disappeared," says a local mayor in Spain's flood-battered Valencia region. "We don't know if there were ...
World's first wooden satellite blasts off for space
Named after the Latin word for 'wood', the LignoSat satellite developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry ...
World's first wood-panelled satellite launched into space
The world's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable ...
Google Maps ‘reveals location’ of secret Ukrainian military positions
Google has been accused by Ukrainian defence chiefs of accidentally revealing the location of key military positions ...
Jeff Kerby maps extraordinary life at extremes
Kerby is a trained ecologist, geographer and photographer whose career has largely been centered on a quest to understand nature’s patterns and sharing his discoveries. Phenology, or the seasonal ...
Algorithm uses satellite data for mapping fire-affected areas on a global scale
A new method of detecting fires of less than 250 meters uses data from two satellites that collect optical images and data ...
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Who tells satellites where to take pictures? Increasingly, it’ll be robots, Maxar says
Automated scans of low-res imagery will cue high-res passes, while simulations will help manage ever-growing queues for ...
Spain floods: Horrifying weather maps show true scale of sickening floods that have killed 158 people
Satellite images show the landscape in Spain before and after devastating floods this week. Some areas saw more than 400 litres of rain per square metre fall on Tuesday ...
China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border. Some appear to have crossed the line
CNN has geolocated four officially named villages and a fifth settlement using satellite images and videos in state and ...
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Qataris votes to end limited polls for legislative seats in shadow of US election
Voting took place as the world's attention focused on the U.S. presidential election, with even Qatar’s state-funded satellite news network Al Jazeera offering brief acknowledgments of the vote wedged ...
Spain floods latest: 5,000 more soldiers deployed as satellite photos show extent of devastation
Death toll expected to keeping rising as Spain’s worst flood-related disaster in modern history sweeps across region of Valencia ...