Nearly all states use drones for range of work

In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching…

ESA Open Days in Milan

Elementary and middle school children learned about Earth observation at the Living Planet Symposium in Milan…

Adieu, Le Grand K: The kilogram to be redefined for the first time in 130 years

In a subterranean vault in a suburb of Paris lies a small, rarely seen metal cylinder…

China's pig disease outbreak pushes up global pork prices

Pork lovers worldwide are wincing at prices that have jumped up to 40 percent as African…

Ryanair profit slumps on cheaper fares

Ryanair’s annual net profit slumped by almost one third as overcapacity in the European short-haul sector…

Economists find net benefit in soda tax

A team of economists has concluded that soda taxes serve as a “net good,” an assessment…

Can a hands-on model help forest stakeholders fight tree disease?

When a new, more aggressive strain of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death turned up…

Traumatised by conflict, animals find haven in Jordan

For more than a year after being moved to a Jordanian wildlife reserve from war-hit Syria,…

Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing 'slow-motion disaster'

When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could…

Google and Android system start to cut ties with Huawei

US internet giant Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers most of the world’s smartphones, said…