Impact Earth: How satellite technology may help predict droughts and wildfires in the futureAs climate change becomes a larger national threat, ...
As climate change becomes a larger national threat, a satellite data company is using infrared satellite technology to measure the temperature of the Earth's surface.
Pieter Fossel, the CEO of Hydrosat, a Washington, DC-based company, said the technology will help them better predict droughts — potentially early — by measuring the stress on vegetation from little rainfall.