Every trucker knows that the road can have its set of challenges. Even a minor miscalculation can lead to delays or safety ...

Thenew height map was constructed from data gathered in the first 10days of the Jason-3's operational life, at an altitude of 830 miles (1,336 km).

Missing carbon The forest-height map could aid the ongoing effort to estimate the amount of carbon tied up in Earth’s forests and to explain what sops up 2 billion tonnes of “missing” carbon each year ...

The map was based on data collected by NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, along with the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat.

The map depicts average height over 5 square kilometers (1.9 square miles) regions), not the maximum heights that any one tree or small patch of trees might attain.

Hotelier Richard Kessler's request for a height map amendment for a proposed multi-million dollar West River Street development hit a speed bump Tuesday after the city's planning commission tabled ...

The grand recalibration, called “height modernization,” is part of a broader effort within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, to establish more accurately where and ...