Two interesting articles came out recently about the increase in temperatures in the Arctic, and the impact that this is having on the region and its ecosystems. Firstly, at the end of last month, ESA reported that the Arctic had … Continue reading
It was announced last week that 93% of the Great Barrier Reef has been hit by coral bleaching due to rising sea temperatures from El Niño and climate change. We first wrote about the third worldwide coral bleaching in October … Continue reading
Ocean colour is the acorn from which Pixalytics eventually grew, and so we were delighted to see last week’s NASA announcement that one of their next generation ocean colour satellites is now more secure with a scheduled launched for 2022. … Continue reading
I got back to a ‘cold’ UK on Saturday afternoon after spending last week at Ocean Sciences 2014. It was a fantastic conference with over 5,600 attendees. My scientific highlights were: The Surface Ocean Layer Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) session on … Continue reading
It’s conference season! I’m at my 2nd conference in 2 weeks, both in Scotland. Last week was the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference, #RSPSoc2013, hosted in Glasgow. It included a broad range of sessions and scientific output within … Continue reading
Some great news this week! Dr Susan Kay’s third paper from her PhD has been accepted for publication by Applied Optics. Entitled “Sun glint estimation in marine satellite images: a comparison of results from calculation and radiative transfer modeling”, it … Continue reading
