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💧🌏 Greg Cocks 1d ago

Earth Is Getting Dimmer—and the Northern Hemisphere Is Losing Brightness Faster Than Scientists Expected
(New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres’ matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet)
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earth-is-getting-dimmer-and-the-northern-hemisphere-is-losing-brightness-faster-than-scientists-expected-180987578/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2511595122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00787 <-- shared earth observation datasets, NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AMSU-A Level 1c Brightness Temperature, Version 1.0
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #global #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #earthshine #albedo #brightness #oceanwarming #NorthernHemisphere #SouthernHemisphere #satellite #atmosphere #climate #radiantenergy #darkening #cloud #ASR #watervapour #ocean #marine #aerosol #future
@NCEI

💧🌏 Greg Cocks 1d ago

NASA-Openscapes - Annual Champions Program - Earthdata And Earthaccess
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https://nasa-openscapes.github.io/champions#champions-program-details <-- shared details and (free) registration
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https://openscapes.org/ <-- shared openscapes home page
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“NASA Openscapes invites you to join [their] annual Champions Program, this year focused on “A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess”. Come expand your knowledge and use of NASA Earthdata, building on momentum behind the earthaccess python library and workflows in the Cloud.
November 13 & 14, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT [link above]…”
#spatial #dataanalysis #opendata #opensource #Openscapes #championship #geeks #nerds #science #earthdata #earthaccess #remotesensing #earthobservation #coding #python #library #NASAearthdata #fedscience #research #community #mentorship #openscience #environmental #earthscience #cloud #EOSDIS #DAACs #technical #skill #communityengagement
@nasa

EOMasters 1d ago

Is it a cursed 13? 👻 🎃
Next SNAP version has been released. With several changes and new features.
Maybe it is full of treats. 🍭 🍬
Check the full changelog: https://step.esa.int/main/public-roadmap-and-changelog/

#remotesensing #earthobservation #sentinel #satellite

🛰️ ICYMI New Imagery Press Release 🛰️

EUMETSAT has released the first Earth images from its METimage instrument on board the recently launched Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite.

https://www.eumetsat.int/metimage-delivers-spectacular-first-images

HT to @niklasjordan who runs @eumbot which posts live natural color composites of EUMETSATs Meteosat satellites at 15-minute intervals.

#remotesensing #satellite #satellites #eumetsat #eumetsat #earthobservation #gis #gischat

💧🌏 Greg Cocks 2d ago

Building Damage Risk In Sinking Indian Megacities
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01663-0 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-613-2025 <-- shared paper
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https://www.downtoearth.org.in/urbanisation/writing-on-the-wall-groundwater-exploitation-is-triggering-subsidence-in-indo-gangetic-plain-90523 <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #India #subsidence #risk #hazard #groundwater #depletion #exploitation #pumping #sinking #overpumping #aquifer #watermanagement #structural #damage #infrastructure #cost #residential #publicsafety #economics #engineering #construction #buildingcodes #remotesensing #model #modeling #satellite #earthobservation #elevation #megacities #city #cities #urban #differential #settlement #planning #policy #mitigation #maintainence #inSAR #verticallandmovement #VLM #engineeringgeology #geostatistics #flood #flooding #sediment

🚨 The EvoLand Results Portal is officially LIVE!

🖼️ You can now interactively explore all 12 of our prototype results within it!

➡️ Learn all there is to know about the results portal on our website: https://www.evo-land.eu/results-portal/

📝 And register to our final webinar for an in-depth showcase of results https://www.evo-land.eu/discover-evolands-results-webinar-on-4-december-2025/

🔜 We'll be taking deep dives into each prototype over the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

#Copernicus #CLMS #EarthObservation

@EU_HaDEA @EU_ENV @DLR @cnes

Fiona Gregory 3d ago

#Earthobservation in the 21st Century. No words are adequate. #Dafur #Sudan #ethniccleansing
"The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, which has been monitoring the siege through open-source and satellite data, said the images show clusters of human-sized objects and discolored earth “consistent with bodies and blood-soaked soil.” "
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/872265/pools-of-blood-visible-from-space-satellite-evidence-points-to-mass-killings-after-rsf-takeover

💧🌏 Greg Cocks 4d ago

Mapping a Carrington Storm [in today's setting]
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116835 <-- shared paper
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#spatial #mapping #spaceweather #Carrington #magneticstorm #historicstorm #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #map #impacts #humaninpacts #geomagnetism #magneticfield #geoelectric #field #magnetotelluric #geophysics #USA #infrastructure #geology #sedimentology #geopotential #communications #utilities #energy #powertransmission #blackouts #rik #hazard #damage #publicsafety #cost #economy #mitigation #benchmark #remotesensing #earthobservation

💧🌏 Greg Cocks 4d ago

Frozen No More - A Case Study Of Arctic Permafrost Impacts Of Oil And Gas Withdrawal
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76292-2 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesening #earthobservation #oil #gas #oilandgas #O&G #energy #extraction #drilling #exploration #subsurface #permafrost #melting #humanimpacts #climatechange #oilextraction #risk #hazard #riskassessment #water #hydrology #sediment #tundra #oilwellpads #NorthSlope #Alaska #arctic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remediation #drillpad #oilpad #lease #industry #habitat #ecosystem #fieldwork #sampling #geology #engineeringgeology #impact

💧🌏 Greg Cocks 5d ago

Improving our Coasts with High-Resolution Land Cover Data [#NOAA]
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https://coast.noaa.gov/states/stories/landcover.html <-- shared technical article
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https://coast.noaa.gov/ccapatlas/ <-- on-demand, online NOAA CCAP Landcover Atlas
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https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ccaphighres.html <-- #opendata C-CAP High-Resolution Land Cover
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Use Case Examples:
• Flood Inundation Modeling and Risk Assessment
• Stormwater Management and Water Quality Protection
• Heat Risk and Urban Forestry
• Wetland Monitoring, Conservation, or Restoration Planning
• Other – e.g., Discovering Gaps in Broadband Access
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NOAA #DigitalCoast #LandCover #CoastalManagement #GeospatialData #EnvironmentalData #ResilientCommunities #landcover #usecase #economics #remotesensing #earthobservation #opendata #floodinnundation #waterquality #water #hydrology #risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #stormwater #management #heatrisk #urbanforestry #wetland #monitoring #conservation #planning #resortation
@noaa #NOAAOfficeForCoastalManagement