Climate change is turning into a race between politics and physics
The Cardinal Power Station, a coal-fired energy plant in Brilliant, Ohio, on the Ohio River. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) On Friday, a major milestone will arrive for global climate change diplomacy. The so-called Paris climate agreement, an international accord forged last December by countries across the world, will become a legal reality far sooner than almost anyone anticipated. The rapid pace with which countries have ratified the agreement underscores the urgency many na..>> view originalNASA is trying to keep part of its giant golden telescope a secret
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA on Wednesday announced a huge milestone in its $8.7 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission: the completion of the observatory's gigantic golden mirror. To commemorate the moment, the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Center released a dramatic video about the telescope on YouTube. "The efforts of thousands of people across the United States, Canada, and Europe, for almost two decades achieved this milestone," the na..>> view originalVIDEO: The International Space Station – Home Is Where The Astronaut Is
ABOVE VIDEO: The International Space Station serves as home, office and recreation room for astronauts. (NASA video). (NASA) — The International Space Station serves as home, office and recreation room for astronauts. They share this confined space ...>> view originalWhy this November's "supermoon" could be once in a lifetime
There hasn’t been a full moon like this one in more than six decades.Sure, we’ve seen supermoons before — this will be the second in a series of three this fall. But the full moon that peaks on Monday, November 14 will be closer to Earth than any other since 1948. The full moon won’t come this close again until 2034.The scientific term “perigree moon” refers to when the moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit. When a perigree moon coincides with the full moon, the extra-large, bright..>> view originalA 49000 Year Old Human Settlement Has Been Discovered In Australia
China Long March 5 Rocket Makes Maiden Launch, Bringing Space Station Dreams Closer
In another step toward realizing its ambitious plan to establish a space station, China launched its heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang launch center in the Hainan province Thursday. The 187-foot, two-stage rocket, which was carrying an experimental satellite named Shijian-17, is capable of lifting 25 tons of payload to low-Earth orbit — as compared to 13.5 tons for the Long March 7 rocket that was launch-tested earlier this year.Long March 5’s payload capacity is only slightly les..>> view originalSchiaparelli crash site in colour
Composite of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module elements seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on 1 November 2016. Both the main impact site (top) and the region with the parachute and …>> view originalAre you melting ice in the Arctic? How your CO2 emissions add up.
Sorry polar bears, the Arctic Ocean might be free of sea ice before 2050. According to new calculations, for every metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted, about three square meters (approximately 32.3 square feet) of Arctic summer sea ice disappears. And, with humans currently emitting about 35 to 40 million tons of CO2 each year, the future doesn't look very frozen.It's not hard to rack up those emissions. About 2,433 miles of driving – roughly the distance from Washington, DC to Las Vegas – or ..>> view originalWhat Chinese Senior Official Thinks of Trump's Climate Change Policy
Friday, November 11, 2016
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