NASA sees Tropical Storm 06A maintaining strength
NASA's Aqua satellite found some powerful storms in Tropical Storm 06A as it moved through the Arabian Sea toward Somalia.
Environment
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Studying water quality with satellites and public data
Access to abundant, clean, water for drinking, recreation and the environment is one of the 21st century's most pressing issues. Directly monitoring threats to the quality of fresh water is critically important, but because ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2019
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Living at the edges
Resembling an overgrown house cat with black-tipped ears and a stubby tail, the Canada lynx, a native of North America, teeters on the brink of extinction in the U.S. The few lynx that now roam parts of Washington and the ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2019
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SpaceX delays space station delivery due to high wind
SpaceX has delayed its delivery to the International Space Station because of dangerous wind gusts.
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2019
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Sun's close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles
Outbursts of energetic particles that hurtle out from the sun and can disrupt space communications may be even more varied and numerous than previously thought, according to results from the closest-ever flyby of the sun.
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2019
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx in the midst of site selection
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is just days away from selecting the site where the spacecraft will snag a sample from asteroid Bennu. After a lengthy and challenging process, the team is finally ready to down-select from the four ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2019
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe sheds new light on the sun
In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun. With cutting-edge scientific instruments to measure the environment around the spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2019
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How to boost sales of fair trade and sustainable goods
A researcher from Georgetown University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing, which examines how consumers approach sustainable buying decision making with on-demand production, where they are given power early ...
Economics & Business
Dec 4, 2019
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Long-distance timber trade underpinned the Roman Empire's construction
The ancient Romans relied on long-distance timber trading to construct their empire, according to a study published December 4, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mauro Bernabei from the National Research Council, ...
Archaeology
Dec 4, 2019
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Scientists use air-based maps of plant chemistry to improve carbon cycling models in hyperdiverse tropical forests
An international team of scientists led by the University of Arizona used the latest technology in remote sensing to measure plant biodiversity from the Amazon basin to the Andes Mountains in Peru to better understand how ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2019
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