Satellites confirm Earth total ice mass is decreasing.
NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth’s Melting Land Ice WASHINGTON — In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data…
Category Archives: Earth Observation
Suomi NPP new Eastern hemisphere ‘Blue Marble’
NASA – Suomi NPP took an incredible new Blue Marble Earth picture featuring the United States at it’s center and they now have released this image of the Eastern Hemisphere….
Lego Man in Space
Two 17 year olds put this Lego man holding the Canadian Flag into the stratosphere. Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad put together this project and it is amazing…
Most impressive Earth Blue Marble image ever from newest satellite
Incredible pictures of Earth from new satellite The newest Earth Observation Satellite, NASA’s Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) mission took this stunning image on January 4th, 2012. Suomi NPP…
Earth Warming 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
Global Warming is taking place, data undeniable (Source NASA) – The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues…
Largest Iceberg ever recorded finally breaks up, Ross Iceshelf B-15
Ross Iceberg B15 ends 12 years after it broke off When Terra Earth Observation Satellite was launched by NASA in December of 1999 the timing was perfect. In March of…
Were safe, Fewer Near Earth Asteroids than estimated
NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth WASHINGTON — We are safer then once estimated. New observations by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are…
NASA VIIRS First light image
VIIRS Opens Doors GREENBELT, Md. — The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on Nov. 21, 2011. This high-resolution image…
