Picturing permafrost in the Arctic
Permafrost plays an important role in the global climate and is also one of the components of the Earth system that is most sensitive to global warming. Maps, produced by …
Month: February 2020
Dragon 5 cooperation call for proposals – deadline extension
The European Space Agency (ESA) is pleased to announce, jointly with the National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC) under MOST, the release of the Dragon 5 Cooperation Call for …
First TROPOMI-based emission estimates over South America
South America is a rapidly developing continent of planetary importance. It hosts the Amazon forest, which is the single largest source of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions into the …
Increased volcanic activity over Taal volcano since March 2019 confirmed from GEP processing
As per the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of PHIVOLCS 1, cumulative elevation changes of the volcanic edifice based on precise leveling (PL) measurements on March 2019 indicated slightly …
Coral reefs in Fatu Huku island
The uninhabited coral reef island of Fatu Huku in the southeastern Marquesas Islands is explored in a brand new chapter of the Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat (Second Edition) book, …
Towards deforestation-free commodities production
According to the World Economic Forum the production of agriculture commodities including palm oil, soy, beef, timber, cocoa and rubber are accounting for the majority of deforestation world-wide. This ‘deforestation …
Space key to wetland conservation
Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. Read how Earth Observation helps to quantify and describe such changes as well as identify their causes in the article published on …