While this is good news any way you look at it, I note there are a number of news reports saying that the “Ozone Hole Shrinks to Record Low” which…
Tag: European Space Agency
Ice loss model verification via satellite observations
European satellite confirms UW numbers: Arctic Ocean is on thin ice By Hannah Hickey (via university of Washington press release) The September 2012 record low in Arctic sea-ice extent was…
Why ice loss and sea level measurements via satellite and the new Shepherd et al paper are highly uncertain at the moment
There’s a paper (Shepherd et al) on ice loss and sea level rise that has been making the rounds in media (such as this article in Science Recorder, claiming it…
Earth, with some MSG added
PR 25 2012 – Today, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth (August 7th). This demonstrates that Europe’s latest…
'Doppler radar' for solar storm detection
Rice researcher part of team that used Doppler shifts to ID phenomenon; may help predict space weather HOUSTON – (July 2, 2012) – Doppler measurements that help track storms on…
30 years of soil moisture imaged from satellite data
From the Vienna University of Technology, a first. A very cool video follows. Since soil moisture is an indicator of evapotranspiration, I’d love to see a closeup around Mount Kilimanjaro,…
SMOS Satellite imagery suggests NE passage to open soon – 'primarily attributable to the wind'
From the Alfred Wegener Institute: North-East Passage soon free from ice again? Winter measurements show thin sea ice in the Laptev Sea, pointing to early and large scale summer…
Transit of Venus today may reveal the "Mysterious Arc of Venus"
From Dr. Tony Phillips Science at NASA When Venus transits the sun on June 5th and 6th, an armada of spacecraft and ground-based telescopes will be on the lookout for…
CryoSat repurposed from sea ice to bathymetry
From the European Space Agency: CryoSat goes to sea CryoSat was launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, but data from the Earth-observing satellite have also been…
ENVISAT declared dead in space
ESA declares end of mission for Envisat From the European Space Agency: PR 15 2012 – Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite…
Crippled ENVISAT imaged in orbit, still incommunicado
From the European Space Agency: Investigation on Envisat continues Optical, radar and laser observations of the Envisat satellite show that it is still in a stable orbit. Efforts to regain…
Envisat's satellite failure launches mysteries
I’ve been watching with interest and concern some of Steve Goddard’s postings on Envisat on the abrupt changes in their recent sea level data. To me, something didn’t seem quite…
More crack in the Antarctic
From the European Space Agency (ESA): Satellite observes rapid ice shelf disintegration in Antarctic 5 April 2012 As ESA’s Envisat satellite marks ten years in orbit, it continues to observe…
Ozone layer discovered on Venus
From the European Space Agency: ESA finds that Venus has an ozone layer too ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has discovered an ozone layer high in the atmosphere of Venus. Comparing…
Comet water discovered to be nearly identical in composition to Earth's oceans
Suggests comet bombardment contributed to forming oceans From the European Space Agency: Did Earth’s oceans come from comets? ESA’s Herschel infrared space observatory has found water in a comet with…
Cryosat produces its first Arctic ice thickness map
From the European Space Agency (ESA): New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled The first map of sea-ice thickness from ESA’s CryoSat mission was revealed today at the Paris…
Arctic Ozone "Hole" in March
From the European Space Agency, a story of significant cold and wind patterns that have created an ozone “hole” in the Arctic where there normally isn’t one. The last time…
Cryosat ice mission returns first science data
NOTE: The image below is NOT sea ice thickness, but ocean topography. Radar data from the European satellite has been used to make a map of ocean circulation across the…
More satellite images of snow-bound UK
Snow from space: University of Leicester releases satellite images of snow-bound UK Satellite images of UK under snow available IMAGE: This is an image of snow-bound UK from space by…
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