The past year was one marked by tectonic shifts — both literally and figuratively. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a vicious war in Ukraine — a war Ukraine has mightily countered. The ...

War returned to Europe in 2022 as Russian forces invaded neighboring Ukraine. At the same time, China continued its march toward a more modern military. Satellite imagery provider Maxar Technologies ...

War, natural disasters and the end of a monarch’s historic reign could all be viewed this year from nearly 450 miles above Earth. Throughout 2022, Maxar Technologies, whose satellites circle above the ...

Preliminary analyses of global satellite data by environmental researchers at the University of Bremen show that atmospheric concentrations of the two important greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO 2) ...

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Bolivia’s largest parks, encompasses a variety of ecosystems and provides habitat for more than 1,100 vertebrate species.

A new analysis of satellite data finds that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in wetlands, combined with a slight ...

Another year, another trip around the Sun! I’ve already made more of those trips than I care to recount. But even so, I’m just as entranced now by how our planet looks from space as I was more than a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2022, the world dealt with political upheaval, brutal climate change, and war. Satellite imagery provided a bird's eye view of ...