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Environment & Sustainability
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Crew Unloads Dragon and Begins New Space Experiments
The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate Earth’s atmosphere and the cloud tops in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea. NASA/Jessica Meir New science…
Organized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report finds
A new report by the International Crisis Group finds that organized crime has become a “major obstacle” to protecting the Amazon. Criminal groups often operate across borders and are expanding control over huge swathes of land, which undermines state efforts…
HLS Vegetation Indices
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Who controls Indian Ocean tuna?
The Indian Ocean hosts one of the world’s largest tuna fisheries, supplying global seafood markets and sustaining livelihoods across dozens of coastal nations. But scientists warn some stocks are under mounting pressure as foreign-owned industrial fleets continue to overfish tuna…
ASTRA Initiative Questions and Answers
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4th COSI Data Challenge Announced
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19,000 Great Pyramids a year: Report flags unsustainable rate of sand mining
Sand is the most widely extracted solid material on Earth. The global sand mining industry removes roughly 50 billion metric tons of it a year, a pace that far outstrips the planet’s natural replenishment rates, according to a new report…
ROSES-25: D.3 AGIGO: IXPE and NICER
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NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars
In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified…