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May 21, 2016

Atmospheric aerosols can significantly cool down climate
Joensuu, Finland (SPX) May 20, 2016
It is possible to significantly slow down and even temporarily stop the progression of global warming by increasing the atmospheric aerosol concentration, shows a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. However, climate engineering does not remove the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study used global climate models to analyse the ability of atmospheric aerosols to cool down the climate, as well as the consequences of their use. The study focused on methods of climate enginee ... read more

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How plants conquered the land Research at the University of Leeds has identified a key gene that assisted the transition of plants from water to the land around 500 million years ago. The ANR gene is required to tolerate 'extrem ... more		Van Allen Probes Reveal Long-Term Behavior of Earth's Ring Current New findings based on a year's worth of observations from NASA's Van Allen Probes have revealed that the ring current - an electrical current carried by energetic ions that encircles our planet - be ... more		New data on the variability of the Earth's reflectance over the last 16 years The Earth's albedo, or reflectance, is a fundamental atmospheric parameter having deep implications for temperature and climate change. For that reason, experiments have been performed to monitor it ... more
				NASA mini-balloon mission maps migratory magnetic boundary During the Antarctic summer of 2013-2014, a team of researchers released a series of translucent scientific balloons, one by one. The miniature membranous balloons - part of the Balloon Array for Ra ... more		Evidence of repeated rapid retreat of the East Antarctic ice sheet Research published in the journal Nature on May 19, 2016 has revealed that vast regions of the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica are fundamentally unstable and have contributed significantly to risi ... more

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				New study finds major earthquake New geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of Kashmir between Pakistan and India suggests that the region is ripe for a major earthquake that could endanger the lives of as many as a million pe ... more		SpyMeSatGov: satellite imagery mobile app for government Orbit Logic has announced that their SpyMeSatGov iPhone app is now available on the Geoint App Store for any U.S. government or authorized user. SpyMeSatGov provides real-time imaging satellite awar ... more

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