April 2021
Predicting dengue fever outbreaks from space
...being made available to Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Using Earth observation data together with seasonal climate forecasts, D-MOSS ... cycles, including interfaces to local systems. Innovations Earth observations (EO) and forecasts of climatic variables can ...
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
... societies. Successfully addressing these challenges is of prime importance for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space for Earth initiative. This wide-ranging programme deals with challenges that involve multiple space contributors from a variety...
April 2018
Climate monitoring and the need for open access to global environmental satellite data
... for coordination of global observation strategies and improved data sharing. This resulted in the creation of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), a new international organisation for which international data sharing was a key goal. The Copernicus...
29 June 2018
All things asteroid: Who, What, Where and When
...(157 to 360 feet) wide made a very close flyby of the Earth much to the surprise of NASA scientists. This sizeable chunk of rock ...asteroid has been discovered to be on an impact trajectory with Earth. "It is also only the second time that the high ...
29 April 2019
Preparing for an asteroid impact - test underway now!
...hostile asteroid intent on smashing in to us and wiping out life on Earth, but how would the situation really be handled by those whose job ...identify several future dates when the asteroid could hit Earth. Both systems agree that the asteroid is most ...
02 August 2019
Newly found exoplanet may be suitable for life
... of around (254 degrees Celsius (490 degrees Fahrenheit). Its companion, GJ 357 c, which although more Earth-sized – it has at least 3.4 times Earth’s mass – is also a sizzler. This hot-body is as hot as 126 degrees Celsius (260 degrees Fahrenheit...
