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Report: Weather satellite gap, climate change among biggest threats facing Federal government

2013-02-15 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: Every two years the Government Accountability Office highlights the top 30 challenges facing the Federal government on its "high risk list'. A looming gap in the coverage of weather satellites and climate change are the newest additions to this list says the GAO in a report released Thursday. The satellite risk Polar-orbiting satellites scan the globe in pole-to-pole loops and feed important data into models for weather forecasting. But a gap in their coverage is possible starting as soon as...

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