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Episode four of the Geospatial Revolution video project has just been released, tackling the ability of the technology to quantitatively track change over time in order to meet our desire to know how the earth works. The episode is broken into four chapter that cover the monitoring of climate, prevention of hunger, tracking disease and [...]
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An international team of scientists used imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensors over more than a decade to determine the stress of last year’s record-breaking drought on the Amazon’s vegetation. The analysis determined that the vegetation in the large basin went through great stress and is [...]
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Insurance hasn’t been an option for herders in Northern Kenya, because the insurance companies didn’t want to go to the expense to justify claims by traveling great distances to count dead animals in the cases of drought related deaths. Satellite imagery is now being deployed to assess pasture health and to pay out claims if [...]
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Researchers at the School of the Environment & Society at Swansea University are using a new rainfall observation record over a 13-year period from both satellite and rain gauges along with satellite readings of Aerosol Optical Depth (which measures the amount of particles in the air, including smoke) to discover a connection between smoke produced [...]
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Australian researchers conducted an in-depth assessment of the Murray -Darling Basin using data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite to understand the extent of the drought. Findings indicate that the basin has lost 200 cubic kilometers of water over the past six years. The study, published in Water Resources Research, provides a [...]
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