Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
A Russian government threat to disconnect 11 GPS receivers used for geophysical research and to fine-tune the satellite navigation system is drawing concern from scientists—and questions from the country’s minister for industry. The threat is just one...
Monday, December 9th, 2013
An international team of scientists that installed a borehole temperature observatory following the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in Japan has been able to measure the “frictional heat” generated during the rupture of the fault – an amount the...
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Australian scientists and non-profits will use Google Earth to save the Earth under several environment-focused partnerships with Google announced this week. Google yesterday announced it is bring its Google Earth Outreach program to Australia and New Zealand. Researchers...
Sunday, March 4th, 2012
Scientists say a major new study ofleatherback turtle migration routes could help conservation efforts by identifying high-use areas — potential danger zones — in the Pacific Ocean for the critically endangered species. This new understanding could help inform...
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Jointly organised by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the DLR German Aerospace Center and ESA, the 2012 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) is scheduled to be held 22–27 July in Munich, Germany. IGARSS...
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
The National Research Foundation has launched the Africa Centre for Climate and Earth System Science (ACCESS), hosted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. CSIR researcher and ACCESS supervisor Neville Sweijd says...
