News tagged with salinity
SMOS, Proba-2: Two new ESA satellites successfully lofted into orbit (w/ Video)
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The second satellite in ESA's Earth Explorer series - the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission - and the second demonstration satellite under ESA's Project for Onboard Autonomy ...
Sea level rise alters bay's salinity
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2008 |
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While global-warming-induced coastal flooding moves populations inland, the changes in sea level will affect the salinity of estuaries, which influences aquatic life, fishing and recreation.
Seeing stars, Proba-2 platform passes its first health check
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Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, ...
'Blue energy' seems feasible and offers considerable benefits
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy - 'blue energy' or 'blue electricity' - is enormous. However, ...
SMOS and Proba-2 launch rescheduled for November (w/Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Following an agreement between ESA, Krunichev Space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services, ESA's next Earth Explorer mission SMOS and a secondary payload, the technology demonstrator Proba-2 satellite, will ...
Sea Salt Holds Clues to Climate Change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- We know that average sea levels have risen over the past century, and that global warming is to blame. But what is climate change doing to the saltiness, or salinity, of our oceans?
Organic weed control options for highbush blueberry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Research scientists at Nova Scotia Agricultural College have been working steadily to find effective organic methods to control weeds in cultivated blueberry crops. One resulting study, published in a recent ...
Soil moisture and ocean salinity satellite ready for launch
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
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A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday morning (2 November 2009) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Weaknesses in dikes detected by space tech spin-off
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 04, 2009 |
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A company from one of ESA's Business Incubation Centres has used space technology to develop a scanner to spot weaknesses in dike structures. It is being used to inspect dikes and dams on the Danube river ...
Science adopts a new definition of seawater
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by Australian, German and US scientists to make climate projections more accurate.
SMOS ready to ship to launch site
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2009 |
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ESA's next Earth Explorer, SMOS, has just passed the all-important Flight Acceptance Review, signifying that all the elements that make up the mission are in place for launch later this year. The satellite ...
New equation of state of seawater
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Seawater is a complex, dynamic mixture of dissolved minerals, salts, and organic materials that despite scientists best efforts, presents difficulties in measuring its potential to contain and disperse energy. Like the water ...
CO2 increase in the atmosphere augments tolerance of barley to salinity
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2008 |
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In future, climate change will bring an increase in salty surfaces on the Earth and in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. However, this higher CO2 has some positive effects on the physiology of barley plants and ...
