Sentences with phrase «as space climate»

The study of planetary atmospheres other than the Earth's, and in particular the study of the role of plasma - neutral interactions in their evolution, could contribute to our understanding of the long - term space weather (referred to also as space climate) effects and finally the origins of life itself (Yamauchi & Wahlund 2007).

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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).

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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.

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.

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.

So he went looking for entrepreneurial solutions to creating underwater habitats: school bus — size seafloor shelters that give aquanauts a pressurized, climate - controlled base, just as the International Space Station gives astronauts a hospitable home in orbit.

He agrees with other scientists who think that the U.S. must begin a series of talks with the European Commission and the European Space Agency as well as with counterparts in India, China and Japan to find a way to develop an international climate observing system.

The researchers found that on windy nights it wasn't possible to measure the cooling effects of the green spaces beyond their boundaries as there was too much turbulent mixing of the air; but on calm warm nights they estimate that a network of green spaces of around 3 - 5 hectares each situated 100 - 150 m apart would provide comprehensive cooling for a city with a climate and characteristics similar to London.

Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said, science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce greenhouse gases, minimize harm from climate change already underway, combat diseases such as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality - of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»

«There must have been regional climate and chemical conditions that varied in time and space,» he says, adding that this would occur as the tilt of Mars's spin axis changed over tens of thousands of years, a wobble caused by the lack of a massive moon to stabilise the planet.

These recently released radar images were taken by the space shuttle Endeavour in 1994 as part of a geologic study of climate change in northwest China.

Thus, «giant chunks of space debris clobbering the planet and wiping out life on Earth has undeniably broad appeal,» Meltzer says, whereas «no one in Hollywood makes movies» about more nuanced explanations, such as Clovis points disappearing because early Americans turned to other forms of stone tool technology as the large mammals they were hunting went extinct as a result of the changing climate or hunting pressure.

Some climate scientists, including James E. Hansen, former head of the nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies, say we must also consider slower feedbacks such as changes in the continental ice sheets.

A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month.

So while the large - scale use of solar power could potentially affect the climate, the effects will be relatively minor so long as we don't capture hundreds of terawatts that would otherwise have been reflected straight back into space.

The floral turnover may have affected terrestrial vertebrate communities as the loss of wetland habitat space and an increase in arid climate adapted plants may have dwindled the supply of palatable vegetation for herbivores.

But measurements from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, which weigh ice by measuring its gravitational tug from space, suggest that West Antarctica as a whole is losing ice — together with the Antarctic Peninsula, about 150 cubic kilometers per year as of 2005.

Dr Dudok de Wit's team at the International Space Science Institute in Bern, and the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, have been using the datasets identified through the network to describe the Sun's influence on climate from 1850 up to the present day, as well as a forecast up to the year 2300.

As part of the stimulus package, a House of Representatives panel proposed yesterday to give a $ 250 million boost to the space agency's efforts to understand changes in the planet's climate.

Given the White House's preoccupation with health care and climate change, however, NASA officials and their industry backers see the new policy as welcome proof that Obama also cares about space flight.

«These findings add to mounting evidence suggesting that there are sweet spots or «windows of opportunity» within climate space where so - called boundary conditions, such as the level of atmospheric CO2 or the size of continental ice sheets, make abrupt change more likely to occur.

It will deepen our understanding of Mars» formation as well as its comparatively recent climate history — «the whole planet, across space and time.»

But «while the Arctic maximum is not as important as the seasonal minimum, the long - term decline is a clear indicator of climate change,» Walt Meier, a sea ice researcher at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement.

Another author involved with the project, Eric Kort, who teaches climate and space science at the University of Michigan, regards it as a valuable new measuring tool.

The Obama administration continues to include costly distractions, such as climate funding better suited for other agencies, and an asteroid retrieval mission that the space community does not support.

Climate Science Day is not a junket for the atmospheric scientist who works as a contract employee at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; it is more like science version of speed — dating.

Becky Oskin covers Earth science, climate change and space, as well as general science topics.

«Perhaps as the surface warms the atmosphere has a capacity to release warmth to space in a way the climate models don't take into account.»

As Michigan Tech made it clear they want nothing to do with Heartland's junk science, Harvard University again confirmed that career climate denier and Heartland contractor Willie Soon has no formal affiliation with the school beyond office space on their campus.

Many of you know Dr. Hansen, the former Director of the Goddard Space Center of NASA — as the man who warned the U.S. Congress about dangerous climate change in 1988.

Mountain species are at risk as warming shifts climates uphill and those living at the tops of mountains run out of suitable climate space.

The work is done with close collaboration with the Climate System Modeling and Greenhouse Gases groups as well as the Space and Earth Observation Centre and Weather and Climate Change Impact Research and Meteorological Research units.

Stem cell breakthrough by Lanza and colleagues was voted the year's top story, beating the Ebola outbreak, climate change crisis, entangled photons, cosmic inflation, as well as the year's other science stories ranging from topics in space exploration to mathematics, technology, paleontology, and the environment.

The effects of human activity have long been cited as a primary cause of global climate change, but new research from NASA has revealed that our use of technology also appears to be having an impact not just on the planet, but on Earth's near - space environment as well.

When I contacted Jim Hansen, the former head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and an internationally recognized climate - change expert, he replied that Orrin's was a «good choice, in my opinion,» as we prepare for what's coming.

The scope of COSPAR comprises space studies of the Earth's surface, meteorology and climate; space studies of the Earth - Moon system and other bodies of the solar system, including the search for evidence of life in the solar system; study of planetary atmospheres including those of the ever - expanding inventory of exoplanets; space plasmas in the solar system; research in astrophysics from space; life sciences as related to space; materials sciences in space; and fundamental physics in space.

As a native Arizonan, the summer heat totally doesn't bother Chris or any of his Tucson buddies, and they've completely perfected their style game for this cruel climate, carving out their own unique space in the style - sphere that I'm kind of in love with.

They're gathered to hash out the truth about knotty topics such as evolution and climate change, and as the debate jumps around, so too does the music — from swinging New Orleans jazz to creepy deep - space psychedelia to lively two - beat gospel.

The good news is that the teaser confirms that Geostorm is in fact a real movie, despite an initial synopsis that read, «As a man heads into space to prevent climate - controlling satellites from creating a storm of epic proportions, his brother discovers a plot to assassinate the president.»

As educators of teachers, providing the time, space, and supportive climate for active, efficient staff development reaffirms that education is not preparation for life, it is life.

In a climate of high stakes where many, if not most, of New York City's teachers experience observations as «gotcha» opportunities for administrators to intimidate and demoralize, the increase does not promote space for continual growth in teaching practice.

Definitions range from program improvement (such as integrating technology, revamping school climate through restorative justice practices, adding a maker space, implementing a new NGSS curriculum) to whole school design focused on all or multiple aspects of a school — climate, curriculum, governance, and talent.

One key cluster of leader moves in teacher collaborative spaces centers on the teacher leader's creation of a climate where their teacher colleagues experience looking together at student work data as a learning opportunity about what students know and how students think rather than as a critique of their teaching ability.

Though these resources were not explicitly imagined as affecting school climate, they were seen as desirable to families with LGBT students — perhaps in the hope that if schools were not able to provide a safe space for students, there would be support in other places for them.

Forward automatic emergency braking is also available, as are features ranging from climate - controlled leather seats to 95.4 cubic feet of cargo space.

It's minimalist in design, yet offers luxuries such as satellite navigation, climate control, decent stowage space and the convenience of high - tech TFT (thin - film transistor) instrumentation, whose display changes as you scroll between the different driving modes.

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