Tag: Nasa - Page 7
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Strange but True: Drought Helped Green Amazon Rainforest
In a new study that seemingly flies in the face of most previous research (not to mention common sense), a team of scientists from the University of Arizona has discovered that the Amazon rainforest responded to a drought in 2005 by becoming "greener",
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In the Shadow of the Moon
In the Shadow of the Moon, producer Ron Howard's breathtaking latest film, chronicles the history of the Apollo program by bringing together the surviving crew members of every manned Moon mission. With the help of digitally restored, rarely before-seen
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Global Warming: Still Happening
Sorry to bust in on your party, climate-change deniers. Even though NASA has admitted that its estimates of average temperatures in the United States needed recalibrating, it doesn't change the fact that the planet is heating up
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Biofuels Not Enough to Offset Damage Caused by Deforestation
A contentious topic that we've often seen batted around in policy circles and scientific forums over the past few months has concerned the long-term viability of biofuels — namely, is the trade-off inherent in converting ever larger tracts of forest to
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Human Planetary Impact in Pictures
As the old clichéd saying goes — a picture is worth a thousand words — so it goes with a set of stunning satellite images, dubbed "Earth from Space," collected by the Guardian and A&C; Black. Displaying man's destructive impact on the planet, the set
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Has Lift-Off
The X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft — a joint effort by Boeing, NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program and the Air Force Research Laboratory — took off for the first time a few weeks ago, on July 20, 2007, climbing to an altitude of 7,500 ft
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Littering in Outer Space
Taking out the trash at home is one thing, but taking out the trash in space? Disposing of the millions of pieces of trash floating in space, 13,000 of which measure more than 30 ft long each, is not always just a question of sanitation: it can be a
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Are Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds a Sign of Climate Change?
A strange, previously unknown breed of cloud, dubbed "night-shining" or "noctilucent" because of its glowing appearance, was observed in late May for the first time in the polar regions by a new NASA satellite, the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
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Southern California Facing "Perfect Drought"
Southern California may be in danger of succumbing to a "perfect drought" if actions aren't taken soon to help remedy the situation, according to a recent article in Guardian Unlimited. Leading climatologists, environmentalists and city planners
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Most Huggable: Electric Lights with No Electrode, The Search for the Missing Carbon, Ford Crushes Icecaps in India
In India, Ford is proud to show its SUVs crush icecaps and slalom polar bears…
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Searching for New Life in the Ocean Depths
Because we still know relatively little about the deep oceans, it has often been suggested that we should switch our focus from exploring outer space and other planets to exploring these mysterious landscapes in our own backyard. Many researchers have
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Measuring Earth's Water
We've all heard that the oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface area. But have you ever wondered how much water there really is on Earth? While you'd be hard-pressed to find anything beyond some vague estimates (about 321 million cubic miles in ocean
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California Eco Homes Double As Moon Units
Nader Khalili's affordable and eco-friendly ceramic, domed homes could one day house the first settlers on the Moon.
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NASA Finds Greenland Becoming More Green by the Day
Greenland may be on its way to earning its namesake far sooner than expected: recent research conducted by scientists at NASA indicates that the island nation experienced more days of melting snow in 2006 than it has on average. Daily observations taken
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Biofuel for Airplanes? Perhaps Sooner than We Think.
Who knows what will jump out and save us from running out of fuel and keep the airplanes flying. According to a website on Flight, "A NASA scientist is confident that within five years commercial aircraft could be powered using a type of biofuel
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NASA Helios - a Solar Powered Skycraft
We haven't had an air travel post for a little while, so thought we'd go with a blast from the past to fill the void. NASA used to fly the Helios uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) (Just you just love TLAs?) about the place, until they lost it a few
