geography

Photograph of Athens, Greece at night, captured on September 17, 2022, by an Astronaut onboard the International Space Station.Stark contrasts between light and dark indicate the interface between urban and natural areas in the Greek capital.An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of Athens, the capital city of Greece. The city lies on the complex coastline of the Attica Peninsula in Southern Greece. Streets meander through the city like illuminated rivers, and the urban sprawl…

Satellite image of Ireland captured on January 19, 2023, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite.In ancient Greek and Roman times, the lush emerald isle of Ireland was called out for its long frosty seasons.The term Hibernophile may conjure an image of someone who enjoys settling in for a long winter’s nap. In fact, Hibernophiles are fans of Hibernia, the classical Latin name for Ireland.The name is said to have originated from Greek descriptions of the land; the Alexandrian polymath…

Satellite image of Frosty Peak Volcano captured on April 22, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9.The Alaskan stratovolcano has not come to life in thousands of years.Frosty is a stratovolcano located in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain. Although the volcano has been dormant for thousands of years, the rock below its glaciated peak tells a story of its lively past.The image above, acquired by Landsat 9’s OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on April 22, 2023, shows Frosty’s 5,670-foot (1,728-meter) peak and the…

Satellite view around Leavenworth, a Bavarian-inspired town in central Washington state, captured on October 28, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8.The name “icicle” frequently shows up in and around the Bavarian-inspired town of Leavenworth in Washington state.Winter-like names are abundant in and around Leavenworth, a Bavarian-inspired town in central Washington state. Icicle Creek and Icicle Ridge lie south of the town, which itself grew from a settlement known as Icicle Flats.The creek, ridge, and town…

Satellite image of a portion of the scablands captured on May 14, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8.Outbursts from Glacial Lake Missoula carved the Channeled Scablands in Washington state.In southeastern Washington state, neat grids of farmland stretch for miles across gently rolling hills. Dozens of different crops are grown on the valuable agricultural land of the Columbia Plateau. In some places, however, undulating streaks of scoured earth interrupt the array of angular plots and center-pivot…

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases Nueva Vizcaya Province in the Philippines, highlighting its agricultural landscape and urban areas through a false-color composite. In the image, different seasons are represented with varying colors, revealing intricate details about crop growth stages, waterlogged fields for rice production, and urbanization. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022-23), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGOThe heart of the Nueva Vizcaya Province on Luzon, the largest and most…

Upper: Photo captured on February 13, 2016 (before the eruption) from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Lower: Photo captured on August 18, 2023, from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.Two years after the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands, some roads have been reconstructed.An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took these photographs of La Palma island while in orbit over the North Atlantic Ocean. La Palma is part of Spain’s Canary Islands, located…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page.Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday.This week: Christmas trees have the potential to spread unwanted critters What has 2 (or 3) wheels and helps reduce oil consumption? Here's why food waste is a major climate change issue Christmas trees…

Researchers in New Brunswick are developing a new approach to tackling Canada's growing threat of wildfires: teaching artificial intelligence to find them faster.A team of engineers at the Université de Moncton is fine-tuning an algorithm that works with satellite and drone images to detect fires more accurately than humans. The technology also predicts where a blaze will spread, helping firefighters know where to send resources.Moulay Akhloufi, a computer science professor and head of the Perception, Robotics and…

An underwater marine survey completed at West Mabou Beach in Port Hood has yielded some interesting results that shed new light on what species dwell in Nova Scotian harbours.The survey was completed by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and their findings were released at a public meeting in the Cape Breton community of Mabou on Monday evening.Information Morning Cape Breton host Steve Sutherland spoke with Hunter Stevens, a biologist with the group, who co-ordinated the survey and was one of the divers…