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Horn of Africa facing ‘unprecedented’ sixth season of drought, according to forecasts
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Horn of Africa facing ‘unprecedented’ sixth season of drought, according to forecasts

Meteorological agencies and charity partners have issued an alert calling for urgent humanitarian efforts in response to the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa.
According to the joint statement, seasonal forecasts suggest a reasonable chance that the upcoming March-May rains will again underperform. Should this occur, it would be an unprecedented sixth poor season and have devastating consequences for communities.
The open letter states that, regardless of seasonal performance, humanitarian needs will remain high in 2023, and multi-sectoral assistance must be scaled…

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Brazil keeps protecting Indigenous land in the Amazon. It’s not stopping deforestation.

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Even with strict regulations, protected areas are losing forest to weakened environmental policies.Source: Grist, a beacon in the smog,an independent news outlet and network of innovators working toward a planet that doesn’t burn and a future that doesn’t suck…

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Tracking the West's Growing Wildfires
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Tracking the West’s Growing Wildfires

Across the western United States, climate change has caused temperatures to rise, droughts to drag on, and vegetation to go thirsty. As a result, wildfires are occurring more frequently and over a longer time period each year. This phenomenon was exemplified recently in the Washburn Wildfire, which burned through the Eastern Sierras in California, including Yosemite National Park, for over three weeks in July 2022. Roads closed around and inside the park, and access was cut off to the Mariposa…

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The US has a new pollution rule for heavy-duty trucks for the first time in 2 decades

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Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.Source: Grist, a beacon in the smog,an independent news outlet and network of innovators working toward a planet that doesn’t burn and a future that doesn’t suck…

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NASA awards JPSS instrument refurbishment contract to Northrop Grumman
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NASA awards JPSS instrument refurbishment contract to Northrop Grumman

US space agency NASA has contracted aerospace and defense technology developer Northrop Grumman to refurbish the NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Engineering Development Unit (EDU) to support a future mission.
This is a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract modification in the amount of US$13,261,772, and increases the total contract value to US$579,770,626.
The principal purpose is to refurbish the JPSS ATMS EDU as a flight instrument for the QuickSounder project, which will support the NOAA’s next-generation satellite architecture for…

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NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

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Led by NASA and the French space agency CNES, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide high-definition data on the salt- and fresh water on Earth’s surface.

A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft also has contributions from…

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A very interesting paper: Lake Shore VSM aids in archaeomagnetic dating study

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Published this week in PNAS and reported on by Phys.org as well as mass media, a new paper describes the use of geomagnetic field data to “reconstruct biblical military campaigns” – an interesting study, and one in which our Model 8604 VSM was used for certain supporting measurements.Source: Lakeshore…

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Working workshop wonders with Endress+Hauser [Case Story]

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  A customized Beamex solution including hardware and software sits at the heart of Endress+Hauser’s state-of-the-art Customer Experience Centre in Ontario. In this short blog we explore the critical role Beamex solutions are playing as part of the center’s full-service calibration laboratory….

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‘Nature-rinsing’: How polluters use the beauty of nature to clean up their image
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‘Nature-rinsing’: How polluters use the beauty of nature to clean up their image

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Ever wonder why ads show SUVs dashing through the forest?Source: Grist, a beacon in the smog,an independent news outlet and network of innovators working toward a planet that doesn’t burn and a future that doesn’t suck…

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GOOS publishes latest Ocean Observing System Report Card
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GOOS publishes latest Ocean Observing System Report Card

The WMO has released the latest Ocean Observing System Report Card – an annual report providing insight into the state, capacity and value of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).
The report card is prepared in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and other GOOS partners and experts, and produced by GOOS’s OceanOPS operational center.
The report card focuses on how an integrated observing network adds value to society across three delivery areas of climate, operational services and ocean health….

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