Astronauts may play role in Mars robotic missions
NASA's future plans to explore Mars may end up using astronauts as space messengers.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2012
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Modeling used to predict age- and season-based distributions of North Sea fish
Climate change is causing the temperature of the sea to rise. This is having an impact on the distribution of sole and plaice species in the North Sea. Researchers from IMARES Wageningen UR and the Royal Netherlands Institute ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2012
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National deficit outlook unchanged under Obama: UMD policy analysis
From a public policy point of view, the national debt accumulation since President Obama took office is largely a result of policies put in place prior to his inauguration, says a new analysis by University of Maryland expert ...
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2012
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Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs
Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dangerous chemicals that pour into the air—including carbon dioxide by more than 90 percent—at a cost of 25 percent efficiency, according to a simple math-driven ...
General Physics
Aug 27, 2012
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California feeling fallout from Facebook's stock plunge
Facebook stock plunged to an all-time low of nearly half its IPO price Thursday, but it's not just investors feeling the pinch: The state of California stands to lose "hundreds of millions of dollars" in the fallout, state ...
Business
Aug 3, 2012
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India set to launch Mars mission in 2013
India plans to launch a mission to Mars next year, putting an orbital probe around the red planet to study its climate and geology, top space department officials said on Thursday.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2012
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Environmental groups should pool efforts to reach the public
A lot of time, effort, and money are spent by agencies, municipalities, and other non-governmental organizations to inform and educate the public about environmental concerns. Could these groups collaborate to inform the ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2012
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Scientists engage Science in fisheries debate
Three Simon Fraser University scientists are engaging in a verbal battle with the federal government over its budget cuts and legislative changes in departments with environmental responsibilities, on a powerful stage.
Ecology
Jun 21, 2012
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Big uncertainties in the global water budget
No life without water. Catastrophes like droughts or strong rains reflect our dependence on the water cycle and climate system. Hence, it is important to understand details of the water cycle among the atmosphere, oceans, ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2012
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Peru needs glacier loss monitoring: dire UN warning
Peru needs a permanent monitoring system to gauge Andean mountain glacier shrinkage caused by global warming and its effect on people who depend on the ice for water, UN experts warned.
Environment
Jun 4, 2012
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