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The most important weather satellite you’ve never heard of launches to space Tuesday
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After billions of dollars in cost overruns and delays, NASA is planning to launch one of the most important weather satellites ever early Tuesday morning.
The Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, satellite — which will be invaluable for improving forecasting, detecting lost sailors, aiding firefighters, and other applications — is expected to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 a.m. PT, or 4:47 a.m. ET, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.
The JPSS-1 is the first in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation of four polar-orbiting satellites that provide the majority of data streamed into weather forecasting models. Read more…
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View More The most important weather satellite you’ve never heard of launches to space TuesdayTrump administration tried to promote fossil fuels at global climate meeting. It didn’t go well.
A Trump administration attempt to offer fossil fuels as a solution to climate change was subject to protest and walkouts on Monday at U.N. climate talks in Bonn.
Representatives of the fossil fuel industry said they wanted to be part of the conv…
Global warming emissions hit record high in 2017, because nothing good happens this year
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For three straight years, global greenhouse gas emissions — the primary driver of global warming — leveled off while economic growth continued. This led to a flood of optimism that at long last, greenhouse gas emissions were peaking and would finally start declining. In addition, it sparked a flurry of stories about how the world was finally separating, or to use a technical term “decoupling,” economic growth from emissions of greenhouse gasses.
Those hopes have largely been dashed with the news on Monday from the Global Carbon Project showing that it’s likely that 2017 saw about a 2 percent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, with such emissions hitting a record high. Read more…
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Greenhouse gas emissions just went the wrong way, again
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After years of promise, we’re going backwards on greenhouse gases.
Global carbon dioxide emissions are expected to rise by 2 percent in 2017, following a flat line between 2014 and 2016.
These results come from researchers at the Global Carbon Project, showing an unexpected increase in emissions from the world’s top carbon emitter, China. It seems complacency from governments is a lot to blame, in missing our climate goals.
“The slowdown in emissions growth from 2014 to 2016 was always a delicate balance, and the likely 2 percent increase in 2017 clearly demonstrates that we can’t take the recent slowdown for granted,” Robbie Andrew, the report’s co-author, said in a statement. Read more…
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View More Greenhouse gas emissions just went the wrong way, againDeadly smog smothers New Delhi, posing grave health risks
Pollution in India’s capital is stuck at extremely dangerous levels, at a time of year when such events are becoming all too common. At times, just breathing in the outside air is equivalent to smoking 45 cigarettes per day. Smog from stubborn l…
View More Deadly smog smothers New Delhi, posing grave health risksArctic blast forecast to break dozens of low temperature records in Eastern U.S. this weekend
The Arctic blast sweeping across the Great Lakes and the East Coast on Friday could lead to a remarkably widespread swath of record low temperatures on Saturday morning.
The air mass that will be entrenched over the East Coast, particularly New…
A giant sculpture translates vibrations of 40,000 live bees into an explosion of light and sound
In the heart of London’s Kew Gardens, sitting on a pedestal within the trees, is Wolfgang Buttress’s unique sculpture, ‘The Hive.’
Connected wirelessly to an actual beehive nearby, the sculptures prerecorded sounds and hundreds of lights respon…
La Niña is officially here to shape U.S. winter weather, along with global climate
La Niña is back, ya’ll. And it may have major implications for your winter weather, depending on where you live.
La Niña conditions were formally declared present in the tropical Pacific Ocean on Thursday, in a statement from the Nati…
The first Arctic blast of the year is here, and it’s about to get ass-cold, folks
Among New Yorkers, there’s a dark hypothesis about fall weather in the city, which is that there’s only one “perfect” fall day with crisp sunshine and cool temperatures. For that single day, the city’s harsh climate, with torrid heat in the summer an…
View More The first Arctic blast of the year is here, and it’s about to get ass-cold, folksCrucial Arctic monitoring satellites are blinking out just when we need them most
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For 18 years, a fully-built, ready-to-launch weather satellite sat inside a Lockheed Martin facility near Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, California. Scientists were waiting for the spacecraft to be called into active duty since it was completed during the Clinton administration.
A different order from Washington arrived instead.
Because of resistance in Congress — particularly from Rep. Michael Rogers of Alabama, who chairs a key House Defense subcommittee — Capitol Hill told the Air Force to take the satellite apart.
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The U.S. is now the only country opposed to the Paris Climate Agreement
The U.S. now stands alone, as the only country opposed to the Paris Climate Agreement.
At the U.N. climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, a delegate from Syria reportedly announced that the country intends to join the Paris Agreement. If t…