News tagged with envisat
Envisat monitors oil spill proximity to Loop Current
As fears grow that the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico could soon catch the oil slick and drag it south towards coral reefs in the Florida Keys, scientists are monitoring the situation closely with ESA's ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 05, 2010 |
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ESA's new satellite image of ash spewing from Iceland's volcano
In this image taken just under two hours ago (14:45 CET) by ESA's Envisat satellite, a heavy plume of ash from the Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano is seen travelling in a roughly southeasterly direction.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2010 |
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New satellite image of volcanic ash cloud
This image, acquired today by ESA's Envisat satellite, shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash sweeping across the UK from the eruption in Iceland, more than 1000 km away.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2010 |
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New boreal forest biomass maps produced from radar satellite data
Having a large-scale boreal forest biomass inventory would allow scientists to understand better the carbon cycle and to predict more accurately Earth's future climate. However, obtaining these maps has been ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Earth from Space: Icebreaker event
(PhysOrg.com) -- This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue in Eastern Antarctica in early February. The collision ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 05, 2010 |
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CryoSat launch delayed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, scheduled for 25 February, has been delayed due to a concern related to the second stage steering engine ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2010 |
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CryoSat to observe Earth's ice cover (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earth's ice fields and map ice thickness over water and land: lift-off scheduled for 25 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2010 |
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New satellite maps of Haiti coming in
As rescue workers scramble to provide assistance to hundreds of thousands of people following Haiti's earthquake, Earth observation satellite data continues to provide updated views of the situation on the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2010 |
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First satellite map of Haiti earthquake
A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on 12 January, causing major casualties and damage. The quake was followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes over 5.0.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2010 |
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ESA extends Envisat satellite mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA Member States have unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat - the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built - has been providing scientists ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 05, 2009 |
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ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before
A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2009 |
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Icebergs break away from Antarctic iceshelf
(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Vesuvius, the world's most closely watched volcano
Nearly 2,000 years after wiping out Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is among the most closely monitored volcanoes in the world, its every shudder recorded.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake
(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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