At ground zero of warming, Greenland seeks to unlock frozen assets
Children play amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk, Greenland, June 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alister Doyle BUKSEFJORD, Greenland – On top of the world, by a fjord in western Greenland, a remote hydro power plant is buzzing with extra water from the melt of ancient glaciers. This island at ground zero of global warming is seeking to be one of the few places on Earth to benefit. Outside the Buksefjord plant, the biggest of five hydro-electricity stations built in Greenland since 1993 in a push to move away..>> view originalWhy is NASA investigating Martian dust storms?
After endeavoring for decades to track Martian dust storms, a new method of analysis may be the clearest yet to aid scientists in discerning patterns in the recurring meteorological events on the Red Planet.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) this past week announced its findings that monitoring atmospheric temperatures above Mars illustrates dust storms' patterns better than observing imagery of the actual dust."When we look at the temperature structure instead of the visi..>> view originalNASA Sent Legos Called 'Legonauts' to Burn in Jupiter
Jun 14, 2016 02:34 AM EDT Three Lego mini figures called "Legonauts" are Jupiter-bound aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. The legonauts hitched hiked the Juno spacecraft not just for fun. NASA and LEGO specifically placed them there to inspire children to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics. NASA's Juno mission was launched in 2011 to investigate the origin and composition of Jupiter, and is 24 days away from reaching its target destination. Unknown to many, the unmanned so..>> view originalScientists Discover Largest Planet Orbiting 2 Suns to Date
San Diego (AP) -- Astronomers say they have discovered the largest planet outside the solar system that orbits two suns. The newfound world, about the size of Jupiter, is 3,700 light-years from Earth. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles. It was detected by a team led by NASA and San Diego State University using the planet-hunting Kepler telescope. The discovery was announced Monday during a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in San Diego. Although the planet is in the habitable zo..>> view originalScientific robots to swim in Bay of Bengal in monsoon study
By Associated Press June 14 at 3:02 AM NEW DELHI — In an effort to better understand and predict South Asia’s seasonal monsoon, British scientists are getting ready to release robots into the Bay of Bengal in a study of how ocean conditions might affect rainfall patterns. The seasonal monsoon, which hits the region between June and September, delivers more than 70 percent of India’s annual rainfall. Its arrival is eagerly awaited by hundreds of millions of subsistence farmers across the coun..>> view originalEl Niño Has Pushed Our Planet Past a Major Climate Milestone
Image: Chris Harrison/Flickr The monster El Niño of 2015-2016 is finally gone, but scientists are still coming to terms with its impacts on the planet. Among those impacts: charging up the global carbon cycle and pushing atmospheric CO2 levels above 400 parts per million (ppm) for an entire year—a first in human history. Humans are constantly adding CO2 to the atmosphere, a reality which has been carefully chronicled at the Mauna Loa Climate Observatory since 1958. Over the past 60 years, th..>> view originalThis Week's Night Sky: See Mercury in the Morning
A computer simulation shows Mercury up close with Earth, Mars, and Saturn visible in the background. Skychart by A. Fazekas, SkySafari Maiden’s Heart. After darkness falls on June 14, check out the waxing gibbous moon hanging out with Spica, the brightest member of the constellation Virgo, the maiden. The cosmic pairing high in the southern sky will appear particularly dramatic for North American viewers, since the two objects will be separated by only four degrees—less than the wi..>> view originalAlmost 80% of the World's Population Live Under Light-Polluted Sky
Jun 14, 2016 02:53 AM EDT The world never sleeps. This may be true based on the recent findings published in Sciences Advances which states that 80 percent of the world's population is living under light pollution, making it difficult for eight out of 10 people to see the milky way galaxy at night. Artificial lights cause light-polluted sky. The excessively bright night sky, visible worldwide, can mostly be observed in Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar, while 99 percent of the U.S. and European po..>> view originalCould the United Arab Emirates help NASA reach Mars?
In its efforts to reach Mars by the 2030s, NASA has enlisted the help of one of the world’s newest space agencies, signing an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to collaborate on space exploration.The agreement the US space agency signed Sunday in Abu Dhabi has made "the exploration of Mars" its first priority. The two countries have also agreed to share research, scientific instruments, and possibly spacecraft.For NASA, the agreement comes amid a debate simmering in Congress about how muc..>> view original[ June 14, 2016 ] Live video: Cygnus freighter to depart the space station Tuesday News
(Cygnus separation webcast begins at 9 a.m. EDT) Concluding 80 days attached the International Space Station, the commercial Cygnus cargo ship will be detached to fly away Tuesday for an unprecedented onboard fire experiment before re-entering the atmosphere next week. The Orbital ATK freighter was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on March 22 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It performed a flawless rendezvous with the station on March 26 for grapple by the station’s robotic a..>> view original
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