Sentences with phrase «space climate climate»

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Lamar Smith (R. - Tx), who heads the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has demanded that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman turn over all communication since 2012 between his office and climate change campaigners whose research led to him opening his probe.

In his book The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future, Laurence Smith, a professor of geography and earth and space sciences at UCLA, argues that we're about to see a productivity and culture boom in the north, driven by climate change, shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resources.

In addition to launching and hopefully landing the rocket, it will carry the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) «Deep Space Climate Observatory.»

That's when she decided to sell a prototype she'd developed after a trip home to India, a sponge - like smart fabric — inspired by materials used in the Russian space program — that helps alleviate heat stress in super-hot climates.

He said that if he had to rely on the European Space Agency's limited, difficult - to - access data for his work checking climate model predictions against reality, he'd be «more or less blind» — particularly in the vast, uninhabited stretches of the globe like the Pacific, which are vital for understanding the world climate.

Store disposals could naturally be offered to others in the sector with M+S and Morrisons being the most likely tenants, but it's hardly the best climate to be a net seller of large retail space.

With recent news of President Trump withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, it's more timely than ever to be aware of what's happening in the green energy space.

It's time we all meet in the social impact space to tackle big world issues like, hunger poverty and climate change!

The inundation came because the Bay of Bengal was some inches higher than normal (as climate changes, sea level rises because warm water takes up more space).

This is not to say that we are advocating a flight away from the facts into the realm of the fantastic but rather a reminder to the teacher to be aware of the gap that has to be constantly bridged between the ways of thinking and feeling of our own age and climate and those of peoples removed from us in space and time.

Stanford Research Institute: «In the coming decade, science and technology will provide new means to use the vast resources of the oceans, to exploit the Arctic and Antarctic, to explore space, perhaps to affect climates.

'» I find nothing remarkable in the Pope accepting mainstream science — things have moved on from the days of Galileo»» says Gavin Schmidt, a climate researcher with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City.

The vastness of life itself produces the emotional climate of existential loneliness, the mystery of a new dawn, the endless stretches of sea and sky, the immense impact of air, and time and space, the un-fathomable workings of the universe.

A climate - controlled skywalk connects the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel to the DeVos Place Convention Center, making it a close and convenient modern exhibition space to utilize while staying at the hotel.

The goal this year is to achieve global climate and environmental literacy in the space of three years.

Also, plants require fewer environmental resources like water and space, which can offset climate change.

Drawing upon the coastal climate, wooden Venetian blinds will line the windows and woven rattan lighting fixtures will hang throughout the space, while elegant striped fabrics and leather chairs bring a cozy touch to the contemporary feel of the room.

This study looked at genetic (varieties) and management (row spacing and nitrogen) options to minimise the impact of climate change, using rain - out shelters to control rainfall; the results provided a platform to model wheat production in future climates.

Often, the habitats most resilient to climate change are large enough to support rich biodiversity, have diverse landforms, and are connected to other open spaces.

In contrast, the production and packaging of infant formulas uses natural resources and takes up landfill space, all of which contribute to climate change.

Join Joe Hanson PhD as he hosts science videos for kids on how Science works, Physics, Biology, Space, Climate Change and Food science!

At the same time, they said, the district will have to make improvements without designated funds — in a climate in which its popular programming has created waiting lists, leading to the district outgrowing its spaces.

At the same time, they said, the district will have to make improvements without designated funds - in a climate in which its popular programming has created waiting lists, leading to the district outgrowing its spaces.

Adapting Dean's negotiability dimension to the climate discussion space, we can see that participation may be on issues that are decided by «elites» (whether scientists, politicians, or professional communicators) or are negotiated by all of the participants.

AP Lofts will feature a community room, business center, fitness and wellness center, outdoor patios and green space, climate - controlled indoor parking and a leasing office.

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People like Latimer if you want modern day sewers, you believe in climate change, you see all the empty office space in Westchester, and realize that Astorino has not brought one single company to Westchester.

Funding includes $ 154 million for open space programs, $ 86 million for parks and recreation, $ 39 million for solid waste programs and 21 million for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Among the biggest bureaucratic challenges faced by the UK Space Agency is its management of applications for new satellites, which are viewed as critical because of their ability to provide data on the environment, climate, weather, security agriculture, coastal management and disaster mitigation.

The letter comes on the eve of a House hearing on the legality of the subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to Schneiderman's office over the investigation over whether major energy companies downplayed the risks of climate change.

Credit William Putman / NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Center for Climate Simulation

Through a $ 2.6 million capital project investment, the Erie County Department of Public Works oversaw a complete renovation of the space at 1500 Broadway, including the installation of new electrical and climate systems, leading to the Erie County Health Mall's LEED Silver - certifiable designation.

Even in what is, by all accounts, a grim hour for New York Republicans, the collegiality inside this safe space trumped the dispiriting political climate outside.

The 16 - term Republican is the chairman of the Science, Space and Technology Committee and has said he does not believe in man - made climate change.

«The chairman of the committee on Science Space and Technology is making what to us is a pretty ludicrous assertion, that rather than trying to protect the rights of citizens to ensure that business fraud, and could be very significant business fraud we could talk about inflating up assets by many billions of dollars, their claim is that this is a politically charged effort to silence descending views on climate,» Schneiderman said on a recent visit to Syracuse.

Their results are summarized in a paper published in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate published on Feb. 13, 2018.

Assuming a rotation rate similar to today, the planet could have had a habitable climate until at least 715 million years ago (SN Online: 8/26/16), even if Venus got 70 percent more sunlight than Earth does now, physicist Michael Way of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City and colleagues reported in 2016 in Geophysical Research Letters.

Scientific American executive editor Fred Guterl talks with Pres. Obama's science advisor, John Holdren, about climate science, space travel, the issue of reproducibility in science, the brain initiative and more.

Using the Great Barrier Reef as their study case, they estimated the evolution of the region over the last 14,000 years and showed that (1) high sediment loads from catchments erosion prevented coral growth during the early phase of sea level rise and favoured deep offshore sediment deposition; (2) how the fine balance between climate, sea level, and margin physiography enabled coral reefs to thrive under limited shelf sedimentation rates at 6,000 years before present; and, (3) how over the last 3,000 years, the decrease of accommodation space led to the lateral extension of coral reefs consistent with available observational data.

He opened the workshop by outlining a number of diplomatic hurdles encountered, for example, when trying to arrange a multi-partner climate research project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and universities in the U.S., South Africa, and Namibia.

Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist and modeler at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said this sort of research is useful for modelers, who can take these results and see whether they show up when they run their models.

Scientists have spent the past six years combing the seas, skies, land and space for data on climate change

Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas), another climate skeptic, is in line to take the helm of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee's Science and Space Subcommittee, which oversees both the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

«We may have to wait 20 or 30 years before the data set in the 21st century is good enough to pin down sensitivity,» says climate modeler Gavin Schmidt of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS).

«The evolution of climate change activism studied by researcher: Researcher explores climate change advocacy in the digital space.»

Last week, House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R - Texas) subpoenaed the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, who are each investigating if Exxon Mobil Corp. misled investors and the public about climate change threats, and several environmental groups (ClimateWire, July 14).

Von Issendorff and his colleagues expect their findings will fine - tune models that explain and predict cloud formation and climate, atmospheric chemistry, and the evolution of water - rich objects in outer space, such as fledgling comets.

These particles can reflect sunlight back to space, cooling the climate.

In a project sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Carbon Monitoring System research initiative, researchers from the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) found that global livestock methane (CH4) emissions for 2011 are 11 % higher than the estimates based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2006.

«This is not against fertilizer — there are many places, including Africa, that need more of it,» said Susanne Bauer, an atmospheric scientist at Columbia University's Center for Climate Systems Research and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and lead author of the study.