NASA’s Viking Mission to Mars
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Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?
A measure to permanently ban the practice of “thin-layer disposal” of dredged sediment nationwide has advanced through a House committee with bipartisan support. By Dennis Pillion For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from…
Can ‘fog harvesting’ help solve water scarcity in Chile’s Atacama Desert?
Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. Some areas only see rainfall a few times in a century, while others have never recorded rainfall at all. In many rural communities there, local governments have to…
NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula
Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) directly measured the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the “Lighthouse” Nebula, for the first time. X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ. Dinsmore et al.;…
US government announces plans to lease deep-sea mining rights in American Samoa
The U.S. government has taken another definitive step toward launching a deep-sea mining industry, starting in the waters of American Samoa, despite public opposition. On July 17, the Marine Minerals Administration (MMA), a new U.S. agency formed by merging the…
Trump Administration’s Cuts Targeted Wildfire Research
Labs at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service have analyzed the effects of wildfires. The administration wants to shutter them.
More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east
109 million people face another day of poor air quality as smoke from blazes in Ontario drifts over the US Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Tens of millions of Americans are enduring another day of smoky…
La NASA invita a los medios de comunicación al lanzamiento del telescopio espacial Roman
Aquí puede verse el telescopio espacial Nancy Grace Roman de la NASA en la sala limpia del Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la agencia en Greenbelt, Maryland, donde este observatorio fue construido y sometido a pruebas. Los amplios y…
Beavers flourish in tidal habitats in the Pacific Northwest, study finds
Beavers are well-known residents of rivers, lakes and streams across North America. New research finds they are also far more common in estuaries and tidal wetlands than was previously understood. The study suggests the rodents are critical ecosystem engineers in…
How Costa Rica’s extreme climate changes the social behaviors of white-faced capuchin
COSTA RICA: Dawn is yet to break when primatologist Susan Perry and her field research team move through Costa Rica’s tropical dry forest for a day in the field studying Central American white-faced capuchin monkeys. Despite the darkness, the forest…