Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
In early February 2020, scientists using NASA and European satellites detected a significant reduction in a key air pollutant over China after the country shut down transportation and much of its economy. Three months later, with most...
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
South Australian scientists are helping track southern right whales in search of summer foraging grounds, with a new report recording the first contemporary data on this seasonal migration. The study could provide valuable information in making guidelines...
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
The satellite tracking is helping researchers map floating algae as it suffocates vital food plants in one of Australia’s most important bird habitats. Filamentous algae are decimating aquatic plants in the southern Coorong as it blocks seeding...
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
An Australian aerial survey company is being accused by Kiwis of breaching lockdown rules, but it says it has been cleared to fly. Australia-based Nearmap has come under fire from Kiwi operators after allegedly completing survey flights...
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) has been developed by using multi-satellite products. The rainfall map is provided in real time and visualized every 30 minutes on the JAXA Realtime Rainfall Watch website. Please have a look...
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
In countries and regions that have been under strict lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus, an unintended consequence is visible from space. As businesses, industrial sites and factories closed, and cars and trucks stayed off...
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
China’s first polar-observation satellite has completed its Antarctic observation mission after orbiting Earth for six months. Since it was launched on Sept. 12, 2019, the satellite called “Ice Pathfinder” (Code: BNU-1) has sent back more than 1,000...
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
Crowd-sourcing map app Waze announced a new initiative in Malaysia as part of a partnership with Kuala Lumpur’s Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) to help drivers in the Malaysian capital “move better” and “stay safe.” Bluetooth-enabled devices—known simply...
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and Nepal, according to the first quantitative study of the link between precipitation and...
Monday, February 24th, 2020
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) physical scientists, engineers, and principal investigator Andrei Abelev visited Australia in May 2019 to validate their techniques for terrain characterization. Using multiple types of sensors to gain understanding of different soils, the...
