Arctic sea ice has declined by more than 42% since 1979, when regular satellite monitoring began. As the ice grows thinner and recedes, more water is exposed to sunlight.
Remote Sensing
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AI-enhanced Planetary Meteorology: Deep Learning Reveals Hidden Details In Earth’s Atmosphere
Predicting local weather extremes remains one of the greatest hurdles in meteorology, which requires high-resolution, reliable humidity data. A new study unveils a breakthrough: the first high-resolution Global Navigation Satellite […]
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Glacier-like Features on Mars
There are many locations in the mid-latitudes of Mars that look like material has flowed. This image shows an example flowing downhill between two ridges.
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Orbital Biosignature Recon: Algae Bloom Chlorophyll Near South Australia
Editor’s note: with the future advent of powerful telescopes that may be able to resolve habitable worlds in images composed of a few pixels, large biological phenomena such as algal […]
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Planetary Assays: Testing A Computed Tomography Imaging Spectrometer for Earth Observations on the HEIMDAL Stratospheric Balloon Mission
Stratospheric High Altitude Balloons (HABs) have great potential as a remote sensing platform for Earth Observations that complements orbiting satellites and low flying drones.
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Monitoring Active Gullies On Mars From Orbit
Gullies are common on steep slopes of many impact craters on Mars. When gullies were first observed, there was a lot of excitement surrounding them because similar features form on […]
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Orbital Planetary Biosphere Tracking: Climate-driven Shift In Antarctic Plankton
Combining 25 years of space-based data with ocean sampling, scientists have uncovered a change in the microscopic organisms that underpin the Southern Ocean’s food chain and carbon storage.
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Orbital Recon: Using AI To Observe A Habitable Planet: Waters Offshore Of Kuwait
The turquoise waters southeast of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka are captured in this image acquired by the Φsat-2 mission.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Learns New Moves After Nearly 20 Years in Space
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is testing a series of large spacecraft rolls that will help it hunt for water.
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Habitable Planet Orbital Assay: Biomass Mission Views Our Home World
Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its groundbreaking Biomass satellite mission – marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how […]