Earth Observation
Satellite Can Tell When Ice is Melting
The analysis software that NASA uses to inspect photographs of the Earth is starting to recognize changing events on our…
Seas are Rising Faster than Ever
NASA has taken detailed measurements of global sea levels, and confirmed that they're rising. Not only that, the rate is…
Satellite View of Istanbul
This satellite view of Istanbul, taken by the ESA's Envisat satellite, was taken using its Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR).…
Strange Ozone Hole this Year
Even through large levels of ozone were destroyed in the Earth's atmosphere this winter, NASA's Aura spacecraft detected that the…
B-15 About to Crash Again
Just a few weeks after smashing a chunk off Drygalski ice tongue, iceberg B-15A is still wreaking havoc off the…
Plankton Bloom in the Bay of Biscay
The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite snapped this picture of a marine phytoplankton bloom forming off the coast of Spain,…
High Resolution Global Map in Development
The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite is building up the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Earth. Once…
The Earth Through Rosetta’s Eyes
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft took this image of our home planet during its recent gravity assisting flyby. The…
Earthquake Should Show a Gravity Scar
The devastating earthquake in Sumatra late last year was so powerful that it created a warp in the Earth's gravity…
Iceberg Smashes Off a Chunk of Antarctica
Scientists have been watching a huge iceberg called B-15A, after it split away from Antarctica almost 5 years ago. After…