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After escaping the Trump chopping block twice, NASA’s carbon sleuth will get blasted into space

sudshr47 February 7, 2019

In early 2017, the Trump Administration tried to ax NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, or OCO-3. It didn’t work. Then, again in 2018, the White House sought to terminate the earth science instrument.

Again, the refrigerator-sized space machine persisted.

Now, SpaceX is set to launch OCO-3 to the International Space Station in the coming months, as early as April 25. Using a long robotic arm, astronauts will attach OCO-3 to the edge of the space station, allowing the instrument to peer down upon Earth and measure the planet’s amassing concentrations of carbon dioxide — a potent greenhouse gas. Read more…

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Weather and climate-related disasters cost the US $80 billion in 2018, but go ahead and say climate change isn’t real

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

Weather and climate-related disasters cost the U.S. economy $80 billion last year — and have hit the nation’s bottom line to the tune of roughly $100 billion per year over the last five years, according to a new survey from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That tally comes as NASA reported that 2018 was […]

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The Himalayan mountain glaciers might not be here within a century

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

Experts say that over two-thirds of the Himalaya’s glaciers could melt by 2100. Even if steps are made towards reducing global warming, one-third of the Himalayas will still be affected. The experts say the melting will have dire consequences for peop…

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The Himalayan mountain glaciers might not be here within a century

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

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House lawmakers finally let climate scientists set the record straight

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

For the past couple of years, the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology has publicly disparaged and disputed climate science.
The lawmaking committee’s official Twitter account promoted blogs fr…

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House lawmakers finally let climate scientists set the record straight

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

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Don’t forget about the colossal Himalayan glaciers. They’re rapidly vanishing, too.

sudshr47 February 4, 2019

The Himalayas pierce the sky. But they’ve been overshadowed.

The accelerated melting in the Arctic — the fastest warming region on Earth — and the Antarctic — home to the largest ice sheets on the planet — certainly demand widespread scientific and media attention. Yet beyond the continually grim news from the north and south poles is the melting of the “third pole,” known as the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. Spreading over 2,000 miles across eight nations (from Afghanistan to Myanmar), these mountainous lands are home to the third-largest stores of ice on the planet and provide water to hundreds of millions of people. Read more…

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This glacier has a gigantic cavity and that’s not good for the sea level

sudshr47 February 3, 2019

Whether they’re in your teeth or in an Antarctic glacier, cavities are a bad sign.
The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has developed a cavity roughly two-thirds the size of Manhattan and about 1,000 feet tall, according to a NASA Jet Propulsion L…

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Groundhog Day prediction is for an early spring but Twitter’s not buying it this year

sudshr47 February 2, 2019

Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog we let decide our seasons for us, is officially predicting an early spring.

On Saturday morning, the famous groundhog awoke at sunrise to celebrate Groundhog Day and did not see his shadow. This, his male handlers in top hats dramatically said, signals an early start to spring and an end to winter. But don’t get too excited.

JUST IN: Punxsutawney Phil sees no shadow, predicts early springpic.twitter.com/BsMser58Rt

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 2, 2019

Would an early spring be nice? Sure! Especially considering temperatures have recently reached record-breaking lows in states across the country. But with the ever-present threat of climate change on the brain, reactions to Phil’s verdict this year were pretty mixed. Read more…

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It’s damn cold, but heat records in the U.S. still dominate

sudshr47 February 1, 2019

Yes, records for cold temperatures are breaking as an off-balance polar vortex sloshes over a vast region of the U.S.

And while it sure feels frigid out there, overall, the number of daily cold records set in the U.S. has been consistently dwarfed by the number of warm or high temperature records. The score isn’t even close. High records over the last decade are outpacing low records by a rate of two to one.

Earth has warmed by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) since the late 1800s, and this boost in warming translates to significantly more heat records than cold records. But during winter — particularly when biting Arctic air sometimes washes over the U.S. — cold records will still be made. Read more…

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Don’t worry, this rocket-launching Chinese robo-boat is strictly for science

sudshr47 January 31, 2019

It seems inevitable that the high seas will eventually play host to a sort of proxy war as automated vessels clash over territory for the algae farms we’ll soon need to feed the growing population. But this rocket-launching robo-boat is a peacetime vessel concerned only with global weather patterns.

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Beyoncé is promoting a plant-based diet by offering ‘lifetime’ concert tickets

sudshr47 January 31, 2019

Remember all those articles that came out last year advising us to switch to “flexitarian” diets in order to fight climate change? Beyoncé clearly does.

Following the publication of a scientific study that advised changing to more plant-based meals in order to keep “the food systems within environmental limits”, the singer shared a post on Instagram promoting The Greenprint Project — a website linked to a diet book recently published by her trainer Marco Borges, for which her and Jay-Z provided the intro.

“Our Greenprint is the positive impact we can have on the world by eating plant-based meals,” explains the site, before giving examples of how this type of diet can help the environment. Read more…

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