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Data from millions of smartphones are used to map the ionosphere in greater detail, leading to improved smartphone location accuracy, particularly in parts of the world with few monitoring stations.

A new study published in Nature unveils a surprising discovery: a substantial amount of meltwater is temporarily stored within the Greenland Ice Sheet during summer months. For the first time, an international group of researchers was able to quantify meltwater with positioning data. The finding cha...

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The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition's Tanager-1 satellite has identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally.

Get updates on Hurricane Milton with comprehensive maps and charts, including cone forecasts, spaghetti models, radar, satellite imagery, pressure maps, wind shear maps, and more. Stay informed and track the storm’s progress in real-time with hurricanetracker.net. Essential for weather enthusiasts a

On October 8, 2024, Hurricane Milton presented a clear, breathtaking eye over the Gulf of Mexico. Milton’s eye wall contained powerful winds of 165 mph (265 km/hr) as a Category 5 storm. More imagery of Hurricane Milton can be found on its event page.

RESTON, Va. — After more than 132,000 trips around the Earth and more than 3.3 million satellite images under its belt, the work of the Landsat 7 satellite is complete, even as the Landsat science mission continues with newer satellites.

Last June scientists warned that low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites constantly burning up in orbit could release chemicals that could undermine the progress we’ve made repairing the ozone layer. Rese…

Agricultural drones are transforming rice farming in the Mekong River delta, cutting down the amount of pesticides and fertilizers that wash into the ocean in the process.

Recently ESA published the results of a proof-of-concept study into monitoring marine litter using existing satellites, with promising results for the Mediterranean study area. For the study, six y…

Princeton Professors J. Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei, in collaboration with David Goldberg of Drexel University, have designed a two-sided disk that minimizes the flaws of traditional flat maps.

Antennas provide the wireless linkage required for any satellite-based system. Here's a look at the many antennas of GPS.

Proba-3 will make its own solar eclipses—and assess precision orbital tech

Beneath the waves, the vast majority of the ocean is unknown. Seabed 2030 is using cutting-edge technologies to fill in the bathymetric blanks and fully map the seafloor.

Earth’s tremors can tweak your GPS coordinates.

Learn how to view areas of GPS jamming affecting aircraft around the world and how GPS jamming affects aviation.

How Germany lost its spirit of privacy in the face of technological progress.

Using Sentinel-1 radar imagery to make out the shapes of our changing seaborne energy system

Over a dozen methane satellites are now circling the Earth — and more are on the way.

A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they took a detour.

LiDAR technology has revolutionized Antarctica research, enabling detailed mapping of ice sheets, topography, and ecosystems

The exploration of oceanic resources through seismic methods necessitates precise seafloor geophone positioning. Traditional techniques, however, grapple with issues such as the influence of outliers, suboptimal use of precise observations, and the inefficiency of real-time data processing. These ch...

Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies for understanding the world around us. But like the world itself, maps and map-making are constantly evolving.

It remains unclear if there is a connection between the two events.

Google is planning to use satellite data, AI, and its computing power to map methane emissions around the globe in a new era of climate accountability.

The statistical evidence from 21 years of data suggests that a solar eclipse may trigger a geomagnetic substorm, which is a disturbance in the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

Color and light measurements will help scientists better assess how our oceans and atmosphere interact.

Among all of the visual information published by the U.S. government, there may be no product with a higher information density than the Federal Aviation Administration’s aviation maps.

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