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Double Star Mission Extension Approved By ESA
Paris (ESA) May 31, 2005On 10 May 2005, the ESA Science Programme Committee (SPC) approved the extension of the Double Star mission for a period of 17 months, pushing back the end date from July 2005 to December 2006. Japan's Top Court Gives OK To Reopen Monju Fast Breeder Reactor 
Tokyo (AFP) May 30, 2005Japan's Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to reopen an experimental reactor opposed by residents on safety concerns, in a landmark ruling on the country's nuclear energy program. New Study Projects Drought In Southern Africa, Rain In Sahel 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 26, 2005A new analysis of Africa's past and future climate shows that the Sahel region, which experienced catastrophic drought until rains returned in the 1990s, could experience wetter monsoons for decades to come. |
Researchers Discover Underwater Volcano
San Diego CA (SPX) May 26, 2005A team of scientists, led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has discovered an active underwater volcano near the Samoan Island chain. Adaptive Array Network Could Improve Access To NASA's EO Satellites 
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 26, 2005Sophisticated signal processing techniques and simple proof-of-principle antenna arrays built from PVC pipe, aluminum foil and copper wire could revolutionize the way NASA obtains data from its Earth observing satellites. Shanghai-Made Orbiter To Improve Forecasts 
Beijing (XNA) May 26, 2005Errors in short-term weather forecasting will be greatly reduced when a new Shanghai-made meteorological satellite is put into formal use next month, a senior engineer said Wednesday. |
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DigitalGlobe Provides Imagery Of Kauai County For Floodplain Mapping
Longmont CO (SPX) May 27, 2005DigitalGlobe has announced that the State of Hawaii, has purchased high-resolution DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite imagery for more effective digital mapping in Hawaii. Burnt Coal From Dinosaur Age Sheds Light On Today's Global Warming 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 26, 2005Studying climate change is incredibly complex, yet retracing climate change and the causes behind those changes is the only way to understand the effects of burning massive amounts of fossil fuels today. A Race Through Thick And Thin Ice 
Boulder (UPI) May 23, 2005The interior of the East Antarctic ice sheet is gaining mass because of increased snowfall there, a development that should offset sea level rise from other sources around the globe. |
New Antarctic Radar Enables Scientists To Study Earth's Mesosphere
Bath, UK (SPX) May 24, 2005A new research radar based in Antarctica is giving scientists the chance to study the highest layer of the earth's atmosphere at the very edge of space. Arctic Leaders Sound The Alarm Over Global Warming 
Brussels (AFP) May 24, 2005Arctic community leaders sounded the alarm Tuesday over the threat posed by global warming to their way of life, but also that of people in warmer climes. Get A Virtual Taste Of A Big One 
Los Angeles (AFP) May 26, 2005As Californians brace nervously for the "big one," scientists Wednesday offered a computer-generated glimpse at the death and destruction a major earthquake could wreak in the second largest US city. |
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