NASA Satellites Bolster Research on Barren Mid-Ocean Regions
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WASHINGTON -- NASA satellite data have helped scientists solve a decades-old puzzle about how vast blooms of microscopic plants can form in the middle of otherwise barren mid-ocean regions.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - So many satellites. Just one rocket. Five NASA satellites stacked like a wedding cake are set to launch on a single rocket today, part of a mission to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.
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The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life. Researchers hope newly developed robots will give them their first look at the mysterious ridge located between Greenland and Siberia.
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A Nasa satellite records major changes to ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2005.
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Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet -- and more -- in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant.
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Hubble space technology and the global networking power of the Internet is being put to good use in wildlife conservation by giving researchers a clearer understanding of the status of the endangered whale shark.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Feb. 17 -- Five science satellites on a single rocket blasted off into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to try to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Combining the assets of NASA and the EPA with NOAA's weather information is at the heart of a new NASA project called IDEA:  Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Air Quality Applications. IDEA will improve forecasters' ability to track regional pollution and make air quality forecasts.
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New mapping data could bolster any claims the U.S. might make in the Arctic as nations in the region compete for potentially rich reserves of oil, gas and minerals buried beneath the sea floor, federal scientists said Monday.
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Gray-headed albatrosses, famed for flocking to the South Georgia Islands near Antarctica to mate and raise chicks, routinely circle the globe between breeding seasons in a restless search for fish, British scientists discovered.
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Many remote areas of the Pacific have been cut off from the outside world after the loss of the Intelsat IS-804 satellite.
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Norwegian scientists who explored the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean said Thursday their findings &#151; including what appear to be new species of fish and squid &#151; could be used to protect marine ecosystems worldwide.
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MONTEREY, Calif. -- On a sunny mid-October afternoon, Stanford University graduate student Chris Perle was out at sea, searching for a four-inch metallic gray object, resembling a small microphone with an antenna, adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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Almost every day, the great antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network turn to a blank patch of sky in the constellation Ophiuchus. Pointing at nothing, or so it seems, they invariably pick up a signal, faint but full of intelligence.
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By Jim Ellis Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Five science satellites blasted off on a single rocket into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.  The launch at 6:01 p.m.
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Colonies of tiny, soft-bodied animals thrive in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean, Japanese researchers reported on Thursday.
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Scientists from across the United Kingdom met in London last week to consider exploring space by the use of compact, low-cost satellites. U.K.