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June 16, 2011
EARTH OBSERVATION
Chilean Volcano Plume Moving Around the World
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 16, 2011
Since its eruption in early June, several NASA satellites have captured images of the ash plume from the eruption of the Chilean Volcano called Puyehue-Cordon Caulle and have tracked it around the world. NASA has collected them in the NASA Goddard FLICKR image gallery that shows the progression of the plume around the southern hemisphere. The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Volcanic Complex includes the Puyehue volcano, the Cordon Caulle rift zone and the Cordillera Nevada caldera. One of the instrume ... read more

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SOLAR SCIENCE

Scientists predict rare 'hibernation' of sunspots
US scientists say the familiar sunspot cycle seems to be entering a hibernation period unseen since the 17th century, a pattern that could have a slight cooling effect on global temperatures. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Canadian Microbolometer Sensor Focusing on Oceans, Fires and Volcanoes
Canada's Earth Observation Program reached new heights Friday with the successful launch of the 4th Argentinian Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC-D) aboard a Delta II rocket. The New I ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Age of Aquarius Dawns With California Launch
NASA's 'Age of Aquarius' dawned Friday with the launch of an international satellite carrying the agency-built Aquarius instrument that will measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans to advance our un ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

GMES operations another step closer
Today, the European Commission has signed an agreement confirming the transfer of funds to ESA for the initial operations of the space component for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Securit ... more
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TECTONICS

Japan's mega-quake struck in small zone of fault: study
The deadly 9.0-magnitude quake that struck off northeastern Japan on March 11 ruptured a relatively small part of a notorious fault that straddles the Pacific seabed, Japanese scientists reported on Wednesday. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Satellite maps useful to track habitat
Satellite imagery can be used to quickly map indirect effects of the predator-prey relationship on the animals' habitats, an Australian researcher says. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Scientists predict rare 'hibernation' of sunspots
For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested quite the opposite. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Temperature tracking device for packages may have climate metrology applications
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are working to reduce the uncertainty associated with climate-change measurements using a mobile temperature-sensing technology made ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Landsat Satellite Images Compare Before and After Springfield Tornado
Satellites provide a lot of useful information and the Landsat 5 satellite captured an image of the long damage track created on June 1, 2011 when a tornado tracked from Springfield to Sturbridge, M ... more
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TRADE WARS

Rio Tinto to boost Pilbara iron ore
Mining giant Rio Tinto will accelerate iron ore expansion in the Pilbara region of Western Australia with a $676 million investment, the company announced. ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

BU researcher plays key role in discovery of new type of neutrino oscillation
The international T2K collaboration has announced that they have observed an indication of a new type of neutrino transformation or oscillation from a muon neutrino to an electron neutrino. Boston U ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

New NASA Map Reveals Tropical Forest Carbon Storage
A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests. The da ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Satellite and Radar Data Reveal Damage Track of Alabama Tornadic Thunderstorms
This image shows the radar reflectivity from the National Weather Service Doppler Radar in Birmingham, Ala. at 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, 2011, as a supercell thunderstorm moved across the city. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google applies for China mapping licence: report
Google and its joint venture partner in China have applied for a licence to operate an online mapping service in the world's biggest web market, a report said Tuesday. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA's infrared image of major Hurricane Adrian reveals its stormy life's blood
Strong thunderstorms are the life's blood of tropical cyclones, and infrared and radar satellite data from NASA confirms that the eastern Pacific Ocean's first hurricane has plenty of them and they' ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA launches ocean-watch satellite
The US space agency on Friday launched a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and measure how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Helping shape space-based technology policies
A Colorado State University professor known as an international expert in the use of GPS in agriculture has been named to a federal panel that helps shape national policy on space-based technologies ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA ocean-watch satellite set for Friday launch
The US space agency said it would attempt to launch on Friday a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Hot Towers in First Tropical Depression of the Eastern Pacific
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM has the ability to see rainfall rates and heights of thunderstorm clouds within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite confirme ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Aquarius to Study the Power of Sea Salt
A new observatory is about to leave Earth to map a powerful compound of global importance: Common everyday sea salt. Researchers suspect that the salinity of Earth's oceans has far-reaching effects ... more
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WATER WORLD

NASA Goes Below the Surface to Understand Salinity
When NASA's Aquarius mission launches this week, its radiometer instruments will take a "skin" reading of the oceans' salt content at the surface. From these data of salinity in the top 0.4 inch (1 ... more
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NUKEWARS

GPS Stations Can Detect Clandestine Nuclear Tests
At the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) meeting this week, American researchers are unveiling a new tool for detecting illegal nuclear explosions: the Earth's global positi ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Three Satellites See Eruption of Puyehue-Cordon Volcano from Space
NASA's Terra Satellite, the GOES-13 and GOES-11 satellites all captured images of the ash plume from southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Volcano this week. The volcano is located in Puyehue National Par ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Industry Helps Engineering Students Reanimate Robotic Mine Vehicles
In just 10 weeks, a group of University of Arizona engineering students took five crates of surplus hardware and two heavy-duty test vehicles, which didn't run, and mixed them with youthful enthusia ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia plans to launch six Glonass satellites in 2011
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos plans to launch five Glonass-M satellites and one Glonass-K satellite in 2011, Roscosmos' deputy chief Anatoly Shilov said Wednesday. The first launch of the Glo ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Workshop Preps Educators to Train Next-Gen Carbon Researchers
A group of science educators stand outside on a sunny day at NASA's Langley Research Center and listen to Sarah Silverberg, a GLOBE project coordinator and trainer, talk about the parts of a compass ... more
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GPS NEWS

India plans to make GPS more accurate with GAGAN
The GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GPS and Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN) is a planned implementation of a regional Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) by the Indian governmen ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

New NASA Salt Mapper to Spice Up Climate Forecasts
Salt is essential to human life. Most people don't know, however, that salt - in a form nearly the same as the simple table variety - is just as essential to Earth's ocean, serving as a critical dri ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Rare tiger killed in Nepal
A rare wild tiger, nursed back to health by Nepalese vets after being injured, has been killed by poachers, a wildlife official said on Friday. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA sees a 14-mile-wide eye and powerful Super Typhoon Songda
Typhoon Songda became a Super Typhoon in the evening on May 26, 2011 (Eastern Daylight Time) was it reached a Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. NASA satellite data shows that the monste ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Foreign NGO says satellite images indicate war crimes in Sudan's Abyei
An international non- governmental organization monitoring Sudanese air space on Wednesday said satellite photos showed evidence of war crimes committed at Sudan's disputed oil-rich area of Abyei, w ... more
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