When a hurricane approaches, providing a few extra hours’ notice can be the difference between life and death.
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Task Force Examines Role of Mobile Health Technology in COVID-19 Pandemic
An international task force, including two University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists, concludes in new research that mobile health (mHealth) technologies are a viable option to monitor COVID-19 patients at home and predict which ones will need medical intervention.
Predicting Cholera Risk in Yemen
Researchers are using satellite and ground data to forecast the risk of cholera in the country, which has consistently experienced cases since 2017.
NASA-NOAA Satellite Nighttime Imagery Reveals Development of Tropical Storm Josephine
The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season was named today, Aug. 13, after NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime image of the storm.
NASA-NOAA Satellite Nighttime Imagery Helps Confirm Elida Now Post-Tropical
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a night-time image of Elida in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that helped confirm the storm had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.
Grand Plateau Glacier
Views from above show the extent of change across Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park.