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UGA To Launch Tissue-Box Sized Satellite

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 2:47pm

The first launch is scheduled for late 2019 for one of two cube satellites made by the Small Satellite Research Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Cube satellites, otherwise known as CubeSats, weigh less than three pounds and are approximately the size of a loaf of bread.

Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice this week, which is very unusual

Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:49am

Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting Thursday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (equal to 2 billion tons) on just that day alone.

Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies will investigate planet’s integrated system

Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:43am

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a national consortium of academic and nonprofit institutions.

Conservation in the age of a changing climate

Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:19am

By: Alan Flurry Over Spring break, an International Scientific Conference on "Past Plant Diversity, Climate Change and Mountain Conservation," organized under the Belmont Forum's VULPES project. The conference was organized by professor and undergraduate coordinator in the department of geography Fausto O. Sarmiento.

Why Science For The Public Has To Be Different

Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:09am

Parts of Colorado received almost 2 feet of snow at the beginning of summer.

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