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ISRO to conduct young scientist programme in Bengaluru
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Egypt launches second remote-sensing satellite from China
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Israeli-developed DRONE DOME to secure Dubai from aerial attacks
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China launches 2nd Horus remote-sensing satellite for Egypt (video)
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ISRO Receives India-US Jointly Built NISAR Earth Observation Satellite, Begins Preparations For Launch
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ISRO conducts parachute deployment tests on rail tracks for Gaganyaan Mission
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has conducted Rail Track...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2014

Satellite Technology to Help Ailing Great Barrier Reef

James Cook University researchers are using images from NASA satellites to help protect the Great Barrier Reef from polluted land run-off. Researchers have developed a new technique that analyses the images to assess coastal water quality...

Friday, November 29th, 2013

Mapping the Great Barrier Reef

Scientists have used satellite observations to create a set of high-resolution 3D maps of the entire Great Barrier Reef – a critical step towards identifying, managing and protecting what lies beneath the waters.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2013

Australia Creates New High-Resolution Map of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea

There is a critical lack of information about the location and extent of deep-water ecosystems and seabed habitats for about a third of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area that lies deeper than 200 m. In...

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Google Street View Is Coming to the Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural coral formation on Earth and you'll soon be able to see it in all its glory—from your desk. The Catlin Seaview Survey, a collaboration between Google, the University of...

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

‘No One Country’ Can Save the Reef

Julia Gillard's key climate-change adviser, Will Steffen, has warned that nothing short of securing an effective global agreement to tackle climate change can save the reef, while one of the world's leading reef scientists, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, has...