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Outlines of Lesser Antilles islands and Barbados placed on top of satellite imagery of the Caribbean showing both white meteorological clouds and a plume of brown volcanic ash.
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Eyeing Explosive Ash Clouds from Above and Below

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 5 May 20217 September 2022

Satellites in the sky combined with computers on the ground detect and track volcanic ash clouds, like those produced by Soufrière St. Vincent in April, in near-real time.

A photo of the Dingo Fence in Australia’s Strzelecki Desert shows greater shrub density on the northern side of the fence (left side of the image).
Posted inNews

A Reminder of a Desert’s Past, Before Dingo Removal

by Nancy Averett 8 April 202116 December 2021

A fence spans Australia’s Strzelecki Desert, keeping dingoes out of the southern side. Drone and satellite technology have illustrated how removing this top predator changes vegetation growth.

A satellite image of a tropical forest.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Tropical Carbon and Water Observed from Above

by J. Worden, S. Saatchi and A. Bloom 6 April 202129 March 2023

Satellite observations show how tropical forest carbon fluxes respond to changes in water from climate variability.

A line of controlled fire burns across a dry grassland in South Africa.
Posted inNews

Zooming In on Small Fires in Africa

Lakshmi Supriya, Science Writer by L. Supriya 2 April 20215 September 2023

By analyzing high-resolution satellite images, researchers found that fires burning in Africa were undercounted by as much as 80%.

Plot showing relationship between subsidence rates and drainage density
Posted inEditors' Highlights

SE Asia Peatlands Subsidence Tied to Drainage Density

by A. Barros 29 March 202129 March 2023

Human-made channelization significantly accelerates peat decomposition and drives ground-surface deformation in tropical wetlands.

Black and white photo showing a damaged road and storefronts in Anchorage, Alaska, following the March 1964 earthquake
Posted inScience Updates

Slipping and Locking in Earth’s Earthquake Factories

by N. Bartlow, L. M. Wallace, J. Elliott and S. Schwartz 24 March 202122 March 2022

Geodetic observations collected during back-to-back decadal research campaigns have revealed crucial new insights into the start–stop and slow-motion behavior of subduction zones.

Redoubt Volcano on the west side of Cook Inlet, Alaska, erupts in March 2009.
Posted inNews

Volcanic Lands Warm Before Eruptions

by A. Papp 12 March 20212 May 2022

Satellite data have revealed that ground radiant temperatures around volcanoes rose in the years leading up to eruptions. The observation may help in forecasting future volcanic activity.

A rift in Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Satellite Captures Detaching Iceberg in Near-Real Time

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 10 March 202128 July 2022

NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite recorded the cleaving of a 315-billion-ton iceberg from Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, as well as years of subtle cracking and splitting prior to the calving event.

Two maps of the Missouri river basin showing estimates of river discharge in a hydrological model (top) and when the model incorporates satellite data (bottom).
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Gauging Ungauged River Basins with Smart Remote Sensing

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 10 March 202115 March 2023

A clever combination of hydrologic modelling and discharge estimates from the Landsat satellite provides good discharge estimates throughout the Missouri river basin.

The setting Sun illuminates the layers of Earth’s atmosphere in this view from the International Space Station.
Posted inOpinions

An Observational Gap at the Edge of Space

by M. G. Mlynczak, J. Yue, J. McCormack, R. S. Liebermann and N. J. Livesey 5 March 202116 March 2023

Ongoing climate change in Earth’s middle and upper atmosphere will affect the rapidly expanding space and telecommunications sectors. Maintaining observations of this region is more crucial than ever.

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