Following early winter rains, the seasonal floods that normally occur in February or March in Mozambique came early this year in the region around the Buzi and Pungue Rivers.
Monitoring Volcano Threats from Space
Volcanoes can have extremely wide ranging effects. Even a single eruption can cause disastrous climate changes at great distance from the source. Thus, it is important to have a system to monitor even the most remote volcanoes. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra spacecraft and other satellite sensors provide imagery that is critical to the global volcano monitoring solution.
ESA and EC take major step forward in GMES
ESA and the European Commission have signed a €48 million grant that will allow the space agency to ensure the coordinated and timely supply of satellite-based Earth Observation data for the preoperational phase of GMES from 2008 to 2010. The signing of the grant marks the first real cooperation between the two in the GMES framework.
Rising seas 'to beat predictions'
Global sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists had predicted, a study suggests.
NASA Hurricane Animation Improves Storm Damage Prediction
A student intern science team has developed new computer graphics using data from the NASA QuickScat satellite, TRMM, Jason-1 and Aqua that will yield a better understanding of the potential destructiveness of Pacific storms.
Natural Hazards: Unique Imagery: Oil Spill off South Korea
After the 146,000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, collided with another vessel on Friday, December 7, around 10,000 tons of crude oil spilled into the coastal waters of the Yellow Sea just Southwest of Seoul, Korea. The extent of the spill is shown here in an image taken using Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR).
TRMM Turns Ten
For the past 10 years TRMM has provided spectacular imagery of the interior structure of storm systems. The unprecedented data have improved our understanding of weather and climate. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission launched November 27, 1997.
A Looking Back at 50 Years of Earth Observations
Today, the ability to forecast weather, climate, and natural hazards depends critically on these satellite-based observations. Satellites have revolutionized how humans view and understand the home planet, helped address fundamental scientific questions, and enabled a plethora of applications with important societal benefits. Continued Earth observations from space will be required to address scientific and societal challenges of the future.
Earth Observations Used To Predict and Prevent Pandemic Outbreaks
The ability of infectious diseases to thrive depends on changes in the Earth’s environment such as the climate, precipitation and vegetation of an area. NASA scientists have used Earth observations to help predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks around the world. Remote sensing technologies are used for predicting the outbreak of some of the most common and deadly infectious diseases … Read More
News: La Niña Persists
The tropical Pacific Ocean remains in the grips of a cool La Niña, as shown by new data.