Dartmoor ponies are among the most iconic species of any British moorland. But a dramatic decline in population since the 1950s has led to widespread concern about their long-term survival prospects and an urgent requirement ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2019
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North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It subsequently developed nuclear weapons, with five underground nuclear tests culminating in a suspected thermonuclear explosion (a ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2019
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Satellites do a lot of things—they help people navigate from one place to another, they deliver television programming, they search for new stars and exo-planets and they enable the U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy. But ...
Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2019
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Forests absorb a lot of CO2 from the air in the summer, but during the heat wave at the end of July, forests in the Netherlands emitted CO2. This is shown by measurements taken by the University of Twente.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2019
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When Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, it destroyed some 700 homes and sent hundreds of millions of tons of lava pouring into the ocean, creating billowing clouds and explosions along the coast. Soon, satellite imagery ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2019
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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Central Atlantic Ocean and provided a visible view of Tropical Storm Gabrielle that helped pinpoint its strongest side.
Environment
Sep 9, 2019
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To measure air pollution across the United States and other large areas, scientists rely on a patchwork of satellites.
Environment
Aug 1, 2019
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Amid a new global space race, India is preparing to launch a second mission to the moon. Here is a timeline of its space program:
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2019
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In the early hours of October 23, 2011, ROSAT was engulfed in the waves of the Indian Ocean. This was the end of a success story that is unparalleled in German space exploration research. The satellite, developed and built ...
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2019
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Glaciology experts have issued evidence that a large section of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, which is home to the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station, is about break off.
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2019
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