Major gaps in global satellite maps of forests raise policy concerns

For decades, global efforts to combat climate change and protect biodiversity have relied on a high-tech promise: that ...
Ars Technica

Here’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Earth

Dig deep on Google Earth and you’ll inevitably find a surprise or two. Maybe you’re looking at far-flung islands in the middle of an ocean or checking in on something closer to home. A few years ago, ...
USA Today

A dead satellite crashes back to Earth Wednesday. Map shows where

The now-defunct satellite ERS-2 disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, returning to Earth after more than ten years in space, between Alaska and Hawaii, according to the European Space ...
WLWT

No damage reported after 5,000-pound satellite fell to Earth

A European Space Agency satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii Wednesday afternoon and there have been no reports of damage, according to the ...
UPI

Satellite developed by NASA, India to map Earth down to centimeter

July 28 (UPI) --NASA and India plan to deploy a satellite that will map the Earth down to a centimeter after a launch on Wednesday from the Asian nation's southeastern coast. The rocket launch by the ...
Scientific American

See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images

Just two months after its launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) Biomass satellite is already showing us Earth in a whole new light. On June 23 the ESA released the mission’s first images, which ...