Showing 1 - 8 of 8
Write your name using satellite images
Online Reporters, Published on 24/04/2026
» Nasa and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recently launched “Your Name In Landsat", a website that allows anyone to generate their name or short words through landscape imagery from Nasa's Landsat satellites, in honour of Earth Day, which fell on April 22.
Half world's largest lakes and reservoirs drying up: study
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are dwindling and placing humanity's future water security at risk, with climate change and unsustainable consumption the main culprits, a study said Thursday.
Sourcing data on climate change
Oped, Published on 09/12/2021
» It's starting to feel as though scientists and governments announce new policies and predictions for our warming planet every week. But where do the data undergirding the alarming headlines and dire futurecasts come from? A great deal of what we understand about climate change comes from above. Satellites are one of our best tools for detailing how our actions are impacting the planet.
Climate change fuels sharp increase in glacier lakes
AFP, Published on 01/09/2020
» PARIS - The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change had jumped by 50 percent in 30 years, according to new study based on satellite data.
Researchers calculate decades of 'scary' Greenland ice melting
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» WASHINGTON: Measuring melting ice is a fairly precise business in 2019 -- thanks to satellites, weather stations and sophisticated climate models.
1.5 million penguins discovered on remote Antarctic islands
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - A thriving "hotspot" of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, surprised scientists said Friday.
1.5 million penguins discovered on remote Antarctic islands
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - A thriving hotspot of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins has been discovered on the remote Danger Islands in the east Antarctic, surprised scientists announced Friday.