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A saildrone off the coast of Hawaii
Posted inNews

Keeping a Close Eye on the Ocean—from Afar

by R. M. Davis 23 December 20209 February 2022

Remote sensing technology proves effective in monitoring key regions of the world’s oceans, where upwelling and other essential ecosystem services occur.

Drone survey fieldwork in Changunarayan municipality in April 2020
Posted inNews

COVID Clears the Skies for Earth-Observing Drones in Nepal

by A. J. Wight 1 October 202011 January 2022

When the pandemic hit Nepal and the country’s main airport drastically cut flights, a group of drone experts, local governments, and scientists saw a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gather geodata.

Two scientists on the flat green tundra—one holds a drone aloft, and one writes in a notebook
Posted inNews

Drones Help Bridge the Gaps in Assessing Global Change

by Lesley Evans Ogden 27 August 202011 January 2022

New instruments in the research tool kit bolster scientific understanding of the ecology of a greening Arctic.

Aerial images of Breiðamerkurjökull glacial tongue taken in 1989 (top) and 2019 (bottom)
Posted inNews

Drones Capture Iceland’s Shrinking Glaciers

by Jenessa Duncombe 8 November 201911 January 2022

Photographs of Iceland’s southern glaciers show pools of water where walls of ice once stood.

A close-up view of diatoms in the ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Oceanic “Pump” Sends Small Carbon Particles to Twilight Zone

by Sarah Stanley 7 March 201914 January 2022

Underwater gliders provide unprecedented, daily data that reveal new insights into how carbon gets from the atmosphere to the deep ocean.

Researchers make final adjustments to drones that will measure volcano gas emissions to improve eruption forecasting science.
Posted inScience Updates

Drones Swoop in to Measure Gas Belched from Volcanoes

by F. D’Arcy, J. Stix, J. M. de Moor, J. Rüdiger, J. A. Diaz, A. Alan and E. Corrales 25 July 201811 January 2022

A team of volcanologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers from around the world test novel techniques at Central America’s two largest degassing volcanoes.

An SV3 surface wave glider being tested off Cape Town, South Africa, prior to its deployment during the GINA project
Posted inScience Updates

Ocean Gliders Ride the Research Wave in the Agulhas Current

by M. Krug, S. Swart and J. Hermes 12 June 201811 January 2022

Off the east coast of South Africa, robotic ocean gliders deployed in the Agulhas Current capture new data that help us better understand how energy dissipates in the ocean.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Drones Hunt for Impacts of Oil Exploration on Wetland Emissions

by Ankur R. Desai 19 April 201811 January 2022

Seismic lines, constructed for petroleum resource exploration, disturb Canadian peatlands, but how can we detect their impact on greenhouse gas budgets?

A quadcopter is deployed to collect visual and thermal imagery along Onondaga Creek in Syracuse, N.Y.
Posted inFeatures

Drones in Geoscience Research: The Sky Is the Only Limit

by C. Kelleher, C. A. Scholz, L. Condon and M. Reardon 22 February 201821 October 2021

Here are six ways that drones are making their way into geosciences research and industry through innovative applications.

Drone in an acid lake.
Posted inFeatures

Thirteen Innovative Ways Humans Use Drones

by JoAnna Wendel 11 October 201711 January 2022

From the bottom of acid lakes to up in the sky, autonomous vehicles are changing the way scientists view and study Earth.

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