Last Friday the residents of Menindee, an Australian town, awoke to the horrible sight of their river awash with millions of dead fish. According the WaterNSW, the New South Wales state river authority, the Darling-Baaka River has suffered hypoxic blackwater, … Continue reading
I came across a sobering article this week in The Conversation written by Wallace Boone Law on the challenges of using satellite data during the recent Australian Bush fires. This article sums up the difficulties our industry has, and why … Continue reading
Last week the Midlands and the North of the UK was subject to a weather system with heavy and persistent rain. In fact, a weather station in Sheffield recorded its greatest ever metrological autumn rainfall of over 425 mm, breaking … Continue reading
Two of the satellites launched on 12th January by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have released their first images. We wrote about the launch two weeks ago, and wanted to follow up on their initial outputs. The first is … Continue reading
There’s been a flurry of reports in the last couple of weeks, reporting melting ice and retreating glaciers in Greenland and the Himalayas respectively. A paper by McMillan et al (2016), titled ‘A high-resolution record of Greenland mass balance’ and … Continue reading
Media headlines this week have shouted that the UK is in for a sizzling summer with temperature in the nineties, coupled with potential flooding in August due to the La Niña weather process. The headlines were based on the UK … Continue reading
Two academic remote sensing research announcements caught our eye this week. To be fair most remote sensing announcements catch our eye, but these two were intriguing as they are repurposing remote sensing techniques. Remote Sensing the Human Body Researchers at … Continue reading
Dredging has been a hugely contentious issue in the UK ever since the St Jude’s storm hit the country on the 28 October 2013; this marked the beginning of a relentless winter weather pattern of heavy rainfall and high winds. … Continue reading
Over the last couple of months flooding has impacted the southern half of the UK. Coastal surges affected the South East of England in early December and the Somerset levels became flooded in the middle that month; and they remain … Continue reading
