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When a new treaty to protect biodiversity in international waters, or the high seas, takes effect in January, there’s an open question about how it will interact with the regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) that govern fishing there. Most RFMOs…
The Congo Basin, the world’s largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon, is under mounting pressure. The Congo’s vast green canopy, stretching across six countries and storing more carbon than the Amazon, is vanishing at an alarming rate — losing an…
This artist’s concept depicts the boundary of the Sun’s atmosphere, known as the Alfvén surface. The area appears to shift between spiky and frothy, and it is the point of no return for material that escapes the Sun’s magnetic grasp.…
Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures in recent days, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population who are living in tents after two years of Israeli bombardment. Thousands of homeless people have been…
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight – the death of a low-mass star – in this image of the Calabash Nebula released on Feb. 3, 2017. Here, we can see…
Gregory T. Horvath NESC Chief Engineer at KSC Mr. Gregory Horvath began his NASA career in 1987, serving as a Cryogenics Systems Engineer for the Space Shuttle Program. After a decade, he transitioned to International Space Station (ISS) support in…
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
Torrential rain has caused mudslides, washed out roads and submerged vehicles with more deluges expected on Sunday Dangerous flood waters from historically swollen rivers in the Pacific north-west were continuing to cause a huge threat on Friday as 100,000 people…
From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers…
Mars Architecture Trade Space Introduction In space architecture analysis, the trade space is the range of possibilities for a mission or campaign. The Mars trade space represents the many approaches that NASA could take to land the first humans on…