Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean

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Altimetry-derived mean dynamic topography of the sea surface which is the mean sea surface height relative to the geoid or the theoretical surface of equal gravity around the Earth. Credits: CLS
Altimetry-derived mean dynamic topography of the sea surface, which is the mean sea surface height relative to the geoid, or the theoretical surface of equal gravity around the Earth. Credits: CLS

Imagine a space tool so revolutionary it can determine the impact of climate change, monitor the melting of glaciers, discover invisible waves, predict the strength of hurricanes, conserve fish stocks and measure river and lake levels worldwide, among other scientific applications. This instrument is not the subject of a science-fiction novel. In fact, four of them are already operating 800 kilometres above Earth.


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RocketShip Tours Teams Up With XCOR Aerospace To Offer A $95,000 Right Stuff Experience

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The race to offer commercial passengers an experience of a lifetime just got more affordable. RocketShip Tours owned by Jules Klar, a veteran in the travel business will arrange a sub-orbital ...

Europe tracks pirates, rebels from an unlikely place

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The small grey building near Madrid has morphed into something from a futuristic film, with intelligence analysts inside feverishly tracking the faraway movements of pirates and rebels.

Greenhouse gas emissions increase in US

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(AP) -- The amount of U.S. greenhouse gases flowing into the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, increased last year by 1.4 percent after a decline in 2006, the Energy Department reported Wednesday.

U.S. grant will help China's new buildings go green

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A $518,000 grant that will be awarded to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Wednesday could have potentially important consequences in the effort to control global warming amid the continuing political fallout from ...

EPA to gut mountaintop mining rule protecting streams

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The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday approved a last-minute rule change by the Bush administration that will allow coal companies to bury streams under the rocks leftover from mining.
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