The Arctic currently has hundreds of wildfires stretching across northern Russia, northern Scandinavia, Alaska and Greenland. It’s strange to think that one of the coldest places on the planet is on fire, but it is! Fires are not unusual in … Continue reading
The first images from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) were released recently. The team working on the measurements, taken at the end of June, were able to make their first assessments of carbon dioxide and solar-induced fluorescence — the “glow” … Continue reading
This week marks 50 years since the first Moon landing, and we thought it might be interesting to reflect on a couple of ways that this programme influenced the Earth Observation (EO) industry. Blue Marble In terms of imaging the … Continue reading
Land reclamation is the concept of creating or restoring land, where none currently exists. It’s usually done in waterlogged coastal areas, using materials such as rocks, soil, and sand that are built up until they are higher than the sea … Continue reading
One of the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches occurred on the 29th June when Rocket Lab launched seven small satellites into low-Earth orbits from its New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula launch site. The largest satellite of the Electron rocket’s payload … Continue reading
