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  Higher Temperatures Can Worsen Climate Change, Methane Measurements from Space Reveal

  January 15, 2010 — Higher temperatures on the earth's surface at higher latitudes cause an increase in the emission of methane, a greenhouse gas that plays an important role in global warming. Therefore, higher ... > full story
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  First Satellite Map of Haiti Earthquake

  January 14, 2010 — A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on 12 January, causing major casualties and damage. The quake was followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes over ... > full story
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  PARASOL Satellite Moving Off the A-Train's Track

  January 4, 2010 — After nearly 5 years of concurrent operations with the Afternoon Constellation, known as the "A-Train," the PARASOL satellite is going on another orbit "track." The A-Train includes a number of NASA ... > full story
• Environmental Policy
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  Forests Take Centre Stage at Copenhagen

  December 20, 2009 — As the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen approaches its conclusion, negotiations are focusing on the role of forests in mitigating climate change. The new 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and ... > full story
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  XMM-Newton Celebrates Decade of Discovery

  December 8, 2009 — ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During its decade of operation, this remarkable space observatory has supplied new data for every aspect of astronomy. ... > full story
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  Digital Avalanche Rescue Dog: Geolocation System Can Locate Victims to Within Centimeters

  December 9, 2009 — A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, to locate avalanche victims carrying an avalanche transceiver or a cell phone, to the ... > full story
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  GOES-14 (O) Moving Into on-Orbit Storage Around Earth

  November 30, 2009 — The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14 is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to ... > full story
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  World Forest Observatory Needed to Monitor Vital Role of Forests in Climate Deal

  November 30, 2009 — A new scientific organization is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according to research at the University of ... > full story
• Water
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  How Much Water Does the Ocean Have?

  November 12, 2009 — The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers have now, ... > full story
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  Seeing Stars, Proba-2 Platform Passes Its First Health Check

  November 11, 2009 — Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the ... > full story

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