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Three NASA satellites are dying. Their end could disrupt climate data.
The looming demise of three NASA satellites has scientists bracing for the loss of climate and atmospheric data — especially ...
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OTD In Space – April 1: NASA Launches TIROS-1, First US Weather Satellite
On April 1, 1960, the U.S. launched its first weather satellite into orbit. The satellite was named TIROS-1, which is short ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN5d
Listen to Weather Satellites—or the Universe—With the Versatile Discovery Dish
The U.S. government recommends that everyone have a disaster kit that includes a weather radio. These radios tune to a ...
NOAA preps new eye in the sky with weather satellite switchover
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The East Coast of the United States is getting a new watchful eye over its skies as the National Ocean and ...
Early afternoon satellite video shows swirling weather system moving in from the Pacific
This GOES-W repeating satellite time-lapse video provided by the National Weather Service in Portland, captured between 8 a.m ...
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Earth's sea ice hits all-time low, NASA satellites reveal
To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...
Earth.com2d
Whales in hot water: Will climate change disrupt their migration?
Humpback whales use memory and ocean cues to guide migration, but climate change may disrupt this strategy, warns researchers ...
Scientists develop model for high-resolution global land surface temperature observation
A research team, led by Prof. Meng Qingyan from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of ...
Weather Balloon Cuts Announced This Week Could Harm Weather Forecasts
This week the National Weather Service announced reductions in weather balloon launches. Experts warn that could harm weather forecast accuracy, the economy and safety.
Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate
Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...