This Innovative Plastic Wrap Fabric Could Help Us Against Climate Change
When it's hot and humid outside, you pump up the air-conditioning in your car or inside your house to feel cooler. However, such electric devices carry environmental consequences. Air conditioning units consume energy supplied by power plants, which generate electricity by burning fossil fuels. As a result, power plants can discharge clouds of pollutants such as soot, carbon dioxide (CO2) and mercury into the atmosphere. And as we all know, too much CO2 in the atmosphere can increase Earth's te..>> view originalNASA Discovers 'Lonely Mountain' On Ceres Likely Salty-Mud Cryovolcano
ABOVE VIDEO: Analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission reveals that dwarf planet Ceres hosts an unexpectedly young cryovolcano that formed with the past billion years. (NASA) – An isolated mountain near the equator of the dwarf planet Ceres ...>> view originalNASA's Delayed Mars Lander Will Launch in 2018
This artist's concept from August 2015 depicts NASA's InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of the Red Planet. The lander is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2018. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A mission to study the inner workings of Mars is now set to launch in the spring of 2018, NASA announced today (Sept. 2). The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, was originally scheduled to launch in March 2016, ..>> view originalVast doughnut-shaped reef found in Australia
Story highlightsDiscovery of a large field of unusual circular mounds announced FridayUnique-looking structures are created by a green algae, scientists sayScientists have discovered a large doughnut-shaped coral reef in northern Queensland, sitting behind the iconic Great Barrier Reef. The discovery of a large field of unusual circular mounds was announced Friday by a group of scientists from James Cook University, University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology, who worked with la..>> view originalNASA inspector general's report questions timetable for return to manned flight
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in California 2014. SpaceX unveiled an upgraded passenger version of the Dragon cargo ship NASA buys for resupply runs to the International Space Station. (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) A recent report by NASA's chief watchdog raised new doubts about the readiness of contractors to deliver astronauts to space, even before Thursday's explosion of a SpaceX rocket. Any further delay, NASA's Inspector General found, could ..>> view original'The Ivory Game' Telluride Review: Urgent Documentary About Elephant Killing Is a Roar for Action
With more than 150,000 elephants killed in the last five years, the scourge of ivory trading has quickly turned into an extinction issue. As reported upfront in “The Ivory Game” — a persuasive new documentary from directors Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson (“The Devil’s Miner”) and executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio that plays like a rapid response team headed straight for your conscience — at the current rate, African elephants will be wiped out within 15 years. It’s the kind of worldwide n..>> view originalSpaceX studying telemetry, video in failure probe
SpaceX engineers are reviewing some 3,000 channels of telemetry and video to determine what might have triggered the catastrophic explosion Thursday of a Falcon 9 rocket during fueling for a first-stage engine test firing before a planned launch Saturday to boost an Israeli communications satellite into orbit, the company said Friday.The spectacular explosion, just eight minutes before the expected engine test, destroyed the $62 million rocket and its $195 million satellite payload and caused a ..>> view originalJupiter's Wild North Pole, Southern Auroras Photographed for 1st Time
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter’s north pole on Aug. 27, from a distance of 120,000 miles (195,000 kilometers). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA's Juno spacecraft has beamed home the first-ever photos of Jupiter's north pole, and scientists can hardly believe their eyes. Juno captured the images on Aug. 27, when the probe skimmed just 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops during the first of three dozen close flybys of the solar system'..>> view originalParis climate deal: US and China announce ratification
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Signing up to cut emissions means China will have to move away from coal power The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have now both ratified the Paris global climate agreement.China announced the move as G20 nations gathered for a summit in the city of Hangzhou. The US followed suit after President Barack Obama arrived.CO2 emissions are the driving force behind climate ch..>> view originalNASA to Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission Next Week
NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx spacecraft being prepared for encapsulation in its payload fairing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson The launch of NASA's first asteroid-sampling mission is less than a week away and won't be affected by a nearby SpaceX rocket explosion that occurred yesterday (Sept. 1), space agency officials say. On Thursday, Sept. 8, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to lau..>> view original
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