ScientistPankaj: We have the satellite data to show climate change is real. Now what?

Thursday, October 10, 2024

We have the satellite data to show climate change is real. Now what?

Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida in new ISS footage | Space Quiz! This type of asteroid contains up to 10.5% water and substantial amounts of organic matter. | We have the satellite data to show climate change is real

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October 10, 2024

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Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida in new ISS footage

(NASA)

Earlier Wednesday, Oct. 9, the International Space Station flew over Hurricane Milton as the storm made its way toward the west coast of Florida. Milton made landfall overnight, with residents across the state evacuating, and over 1 million without power this morning.

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Space Quiz! This type of asteroid contains up to 10.5% water and substantial amounts of organic matter.

Learn the ansewr here!

Metallic

Silicaceous

Bodacious

Carbonaceous Chondrites

We have the satellite data to show climate change is real

(NASA/NOAA)

Space programs are often concerned with what's happening "out there" in the universe, a large portion of what space agencies like NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) do is monitor what is happening on the surface of the Earth. This includes keeping track of things like weather, but also human-induced drivers of global warming such as the emissions of greenhouse gasses, deforestation and changes in seasonal ice coverage in Arctic and Antarctic regions. That's important because research has shown human activities are indeed the primary drivers of climate change.

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Skywatching

Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US

(NASA/SDO)

Get ready, aurora chasers: There's a good chance you'll be able to catch a nice light show by the end of the week! Forecasters with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) are highlighting the potential for a severe geomagnetic storm on Thursday (Oct. 10) and Friday (Oct. 11). That storm is likely to be in the G4 class - the second-highest level on the SWPC's geomagnetic storm scale, which takes into account both severity and potential impacts.

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Spaceflight

Archaeologists use space to help ancient ruins under threat

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab)

Space archaeology needs to mix new and old missions to protect ancient sites, scientists urged at a recent NASA conference. Take the example of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. The facility is best known for helping to chart unknown worlds, leading the missions of rovers on Mars and sailing the Voyager spacecraft by all the major outer planets. "But we also look at the Earth, because the Earth is a planet, too," said Ronald Blom, retired principal scientist of JPL, at the NASA and Archaeology From Space symposium on Sept. 18, to which Space.com received an exclusive invite.

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Technology

Astronauts could mine asteroids for food someday

(NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

Material harvested from asteroids could be used to sustain astronauts during long-duration space missions. Researchers from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have identified a way to produce edible biomass, aka food, using microbes and the organic compounds found in asteroids. Their proposed process addresses the issue of how to pack enough food for future missions to the outer reaches of the solar system - or even beyond.

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Entertainment

1st trailer for Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi comedy 'Mickey 17'

(Warner Bros.)

When the first footage for the upcoming sci-fi flick "Mickey 17" was revealed back in April at CinemaCon, attendees were quick to ridicule star Robert Pattinson's nasally New York accent and the oddball tone of Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho's ("The Host," "Snowpiercer") latest Hollywood project. After a five-month wait, Warner Bros. finally released "Mickey 17's" debut trailer, and we can now see and hear for ourselves what all the commotion is about - and it's not nearly as bad as rumored!

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Star Trek

Official 'Star Trek' magazine ends an impressive 30-year run

(titan)

As the old proverb goes, "all good things must come to an end," and so it is with Titan Publications' "Star Trek Explorer" magazine, which will deliver its final issue (Star Trek Explorer #14) on Dec. 4, 2024 after 30 years of covering Paramount's popular sci-fi franchise as their official publication.

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