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Cacao rush fuels conflict and deforestation in southeastern Liberia

Soaring cacao prices over the last three years are fueling deforestation and conflict in Grand Gedeh county of Liberia, in West Africa, Mongabay staff writer Ashoka Mukpo reported. Satellite imagery by Global Forest Watch indicates that forest loss in and…

CRATER

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NASA’s Twin ESCAPADE Spacecraft Have Deployed

An artist’s concept shows the two ESCAPADE spacecraft at Mars. The ESCAPADE mission is the first to coordinate two spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth. Rocket Lab NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) twin…

A Robotic Helping Hand

NASA/Jonny Kim NASA astronaut Jonny Kim took this photo on July 23, 2025, as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico. Visible in the image is the 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm, which…

ExoPAG 33 – Policies and Conduct

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Liftoff! NASA’s ESCAPADE Begins Journey to Mars

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launches at 3:55 p.m. EST, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Blue…