Nitrogen dioxide is one of the criteria air pollutants that plays an important role as a precursor gas of fine particulate matter and ozone. NO2 emissions are known to be primarily generated by industrial facilities or vehicle ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2023
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South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program, officials said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2023
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A large mass of Sargassum "seaweed" circling around the Gulf of Mexico may soon wash up along the U.S. coast near Florida—depending on the right combination of currents and wind. The bloom, which may likely be the largest ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2023
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Surface soil moisture (SSM) plays an important role in drought and flood monitoring, weather forecasting, among other natural resource activities, and is also critical in water and heat exchanges between land and atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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Scientists aboard a U.S. research vessel in the tropical Atlantic are taking advantage of the ship's long-planned path through the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt to take some of the first samples from a massive, ongoing bloom. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2023
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The country of Turkey is still reeling from a 7.8 and a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and thousands of aftershocks that occurred in February, causing widespread destruction to infrastructure and human life. To aid response and ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2023
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A study co-authored by Southwest Research Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr. Jason Hofgartner explains the unusual radar signatures of icy satellites orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. Their radar signatures, which differ ...
Astronomy
Mar 23, 2023
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The final installment of the sixth assessment report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was released on March 20. The report warns that the planet has already warmed 1.1°C above pre-industrial ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2023
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If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse of a hurricane or figure out where people need help after a disaster, it's much easier to do with the view from a satellite orbiting a few hundred ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
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The European Space Agency's director general says it's crucial to rebuild Europe's access to space following the botched launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year and the delayed introduction ...
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2023
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