Satellite-imagery firms in Colorado hope to avoid steep federal cuts
Satellite images so sharp that a baseball home plate is recognizable from more than 400 miles hang in the federal budget balance — and with them the fortunes of two companies with Colorado operations.
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CryoSat Breaks the Ice with Ocean Currents
Ocean measurements from ESA's CryoSat mission are being exploited by CNES to provide global ocean observation products in near-real time. Understanding sea-surface currents is important for marine industries and protecting ocean environments.
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Tracking microclimates could help feed the world
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Scientists in Israel have developed a way of using satellite images to help farmers detect small-scale changes in climate and improve their harvests, a method that could bolster food supplies for an increasingly hungry world population. Rather than analyze the weather and topography of large swathes of land, the new system divides fields into smaller microclimates that ...
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