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• Global Warming
  Climate
  Oceanography
  Geography
  Floods
  El Nino and La Nina
   
  

  Scientists Get A Real 'Rise' Out Of Breakthroughs In How We Understand Changes In Sea Level

  July 12, 2005 — For the first time, researchers have the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing and the mechanisms that drive that change. Sea levels rise and fall as oceans warm ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Oceanography
  Geography
  Floods
  El Nino and La Nina
   
  

  NASA Satellites Measure And Monitor Sea Level

  July 8, 2005 — For the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing, some of the mechanisms that drive those changes and the effects that sea level change may ... > full story
• Weather
  Environmental Policy
  Earth Science
  Environmental Issues
  Geography
  Sustainability
   
  

  NASA Successfully Launches Environmental Satellite

  May 24, 2005 — NASA successfully launched a new environmental satellite today for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events ... > full story
• Geomagnetic Storms
  Weather
  Solar Flare
  Sun
  Space Station
  Satellites
   
  

  NOAA Issues Space Weather Warning

  May 16, 2005 — Forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., observed a geomagnetic storm on Sunday, May 15, which they classified as an extreme event, measuring G-5--the highest level--on the ... > full story
• Geography
  Drought Research
  Earth Science
  Air Quality
  Pollution
  Air Pollution
   
  

  Crossing Africa With EGNOS

  May 13, 2005 — Flying over Africa using navigation information via satellite is what the European Space Agency (ESA) is undertaking next week between Senegal and Kenya. The aim is to demonstrate methods for safer ... > full story
• Solar Flare
  Sun
  Astronomy
  Satellites
  Space Exploration
  NASA
   
  

  Whimpers From The Sun?

  May 13, 2005 — Solar physicists have observed the smallest ever coronal mass ejection (CME) -- a type of explosion where plasma from the Sun is thrown out into space, sometimes striking the Earth and damaging ... > full story
• Weather
  Geography
  Environmental Issues
  Earth Science
  Environmental Policy
  Global Warming
   
  

  NASA & NOAA Set To Launch New Environmental Satellite

  May 5, 2005 — NASA is set to launch the new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), another critical link in the development of a global ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Satellites
  Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Space Station
   
  

  Space Debris: Assessing The Risk

  March 25, 2005 — Assessing the risk that space debris pose to operational spacecraft and satellites is a challenge and depends on whether you are worried about being hit by a known, tracked debris object or by an ... > full story
• Sun
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Jupiter
  Space Exploration
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  Jupiter: A Cloudy Mirror For The Sun?

  March 10, 2005 — Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton telescope have discovered that observing the giant planet Jupiter may actually give them an insight in to solar activity on the far side ... > full story
• Tsunamis
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Oceanography
  Earthquakes
   
  

  NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details Of Tsunami

  January 12, 2005 — For the first time, orbiting satellites have observed and measured a major tsunami event in open ocean, the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9 earthquake southwest of Sumatra on ... > full story

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