Environment & Sustainability

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The roughed-up roughy fish (cartoon)

The orange roughy may be among the oldest living deep-sea fish in the world, with a lifespan of up to 250 years. But bottom trawling practices in Australia and New Zealand might have already decimated their slow-breeding populations beyond recovery.This article…

Video: What is a Sungrazing Comet?

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Making Space Science Data Smarter, Inside the Microgravity Analytics Tool

Microgravity research often involves delays between data collection, scientific discovery, and distribution of results. Researchers often must manually sort through large sets of images or videos to identify key changes or patterns.  G-SPACE’s Microgravity Analytics Tool, developed with funding from…

Watching Comet ISON’s Journey Around the Sun

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Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry

The state’s largest utility has proposed delaying the rate increase from its purchase of a $622 million natural gas plant until 2028. By Dennis Pillion Alabama’s largest electric utility has proposed delaying an approved rate increase for an extra year…

Video: How SOHO Discovered 5,000 Comets

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