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US Water Reserves Dwindling, NASA Study Shows

2013-11-01 03:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Softpedia: According to a paper published this summer in the respected journal Science, the amount of freshwater available for consumption in the United States is declining, a phenomenon fueled in part by global warming. This conclusion is based on data collected by the NASA/DLR Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) spacecraft. The observations cover 9 years (2003-2012) and showcase how freshwater storage rates have changed over the continental US. As visible in the image above, most of the...

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2013 Ozone Hole over Antarctica stretched 8.1 million Square Miles; NASA

2013-10-26 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: The ozone hole near the South Pole was smaller this year due to warm air in the months of September and October, NASA said. The ozone layer above the earth serves as a protective shield against harmful ultraviolet radiation. In recent years, this layer has been getting thinner due to the presence of chlorine and bromine that eat away ozone molecules. This year the hole was slightly smaller than the previous years. Researchers say that the local weather was responsible for this shrinkage. Ozone...

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NASA activates 622 Mbps laser network between the Earth and Moon

2013-10-24 19:28:38| Extremetech

Using their new lunar laser link, NASA and MIT have succeeded in beaming data from the Moon at 622 megabits per second. This impressive feat is an important step in moving away from radio communications, which have reached the limit in the face of the new data demands for work in space.

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Jacobs Receives Contract to Support NASA Center Maintenance

2013-10-16 22:00:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been was awarded a contract to provide Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering to NASAs Langley Research Center. read more

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