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China has launched the world’s first “self-driving” satellites that can maintain or change their flight course without any help from the ground, according to their developer. The two mapping satellites – Siwei Gaojing-2 03 and Gaojing-2 04 – blasted off on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China […]
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture of two cyclones near Iceland on Nov. 20, 2006. Though we usually think of cyclones occurring in the tropics, these spiraling storms can also form at mid- and high latitudes. Cyclones at these latitudes are actually fairly common, and they drive much […]
Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. We don’t always notice it, but much of Earth’s surface is in constant motion. Scientists have used satellites and ground-based instruments to track land movement associated with volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, and other phenomena. But […]
Myanmar farmers whose crops were devastated by Typhoon Yagi say they have received no help from the military regime, raising questions about the recovery process and the long-term impacts of the disaster. By ANT PWEH AUNG | FRONTIER In their 40 years as farmers, U Win Maung and his wife Daw Kyi Myint had never […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly mass flooding in Spain, North Korea’s enduring war support for Russia, and a historic election victory for Botswana’s opposition. Ominous Forecast Heavy rainfall battered southern Spain on Friday, and meteorologists forecast more severe weather to come. With the death toll now exceeding 200 people and […]
CNN — Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report. The report by IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality, found that average annual air pollution in every country — and 97% of cities — exceeded the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines, which were designed […]
CNN — Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows. In addition to water loss due to an intense multiyear drought, the US Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation report found, Lake […]