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First phase of pan-tropical forest mapping debuting at COP15
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. As part of a strategy to reduce these greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, the UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen ...
One small step in the search for moonwalk tapes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The world will get the first glimpse of what the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk really looked like thanks to the exceptional footage taken from Australian telescopes on 21 July (Australian time) 1969.
New government brochure explains climate science
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Day after day, reports of the dangers of climate and climate change circulate in the news, often filled with confusing data and debate.
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Rare Scottish mineral may indicate life on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists is looking for clues about life on Mars in an earthy clay mineral found only in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.
Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate species
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of global warming on endangered primates. This innovative work by Graduate Student Ruscena Wiederholt and ...
A woman in space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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In the early years of the "space race" (1957-1975) two men sought to test a scientifically simple yet culturally complicated theory: that women might be innately better suited for space travel than men. In ...
Water quality in orbit: Scientists test H2O disinfection on International Space Station
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months ...
Discovery astronauts ready for final spacewalk
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 05, 2009 |
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Astronauts of the US space shuttle Discovery will venture again into outer space Saturday on a third and final spacewalk of their mission designed to help complete the International Space Station.
Shuttle to carry 'Constrained Vapor Bubble' experiment to International Space Station
Aug 25, 2009 |
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An experimental heat transfer system designed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is scheduled to depart Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Astronauts will install the system into a laboratory ...
Senate confirms ex-astronaut Bolden to head NASA
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency's 40th anniversary celebrations of man's first steps on the ...
Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an ...
Obama calls astronauts aboard shuttle Atlantis
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama told the astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday that they are an example of the dedication and commitment to exploration that represents America.
Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles
May 12, 2009 |
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A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...
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