items tagged with Earth
Looks like ISS computers passed the test
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-18 12:37:19
As the ISS computers appear to have passed their final test, it looks like the Space Shuttle Atlantis will be able to undock and return to Earth as scheduled on Tuesday morning, with a debrief set for 2pm EDT today.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-18 12:37:19
As the ISS computers appear to have passed their final test, it looks like the Space Shuttle Atlantis will be able to undock and return to Earth as scheduled on Tuesday morning, with a debrief set for 2pm EDT today.
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As Shuttle prepares to leave, ISS computers to get final check
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-18 10:56:47
The International Space Station’s first major computer malfunction seems to have been fixed just in time before Atlantis is due to leave for Earth, with one final test to go, as records are broken and Atlantis was repaired.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-18 10:56:47
The International Space Station’s first major computer malfunction seems to have been fixed just in time before Atlantis is due to leave for Earth, with one final test to go, as records are broken and Atlantis was repaired.
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Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite launched to study world’s weather
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-08 12:47:28
The COSMO-SkyMed 1 satellite, launched Thursday, June 8, 2007, is the first of four Earth observation satellites that will take images of the Earth for military and civilian purposes at an altitude of 619 kilometers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-08 12:47:28
The COSMO-SkyMed 1 satellite, launched Thursday, June 8, 2007, is the first of four Earth observation satellites that will take images of the Earth for military and civilian purposes at an altitude of 619 kilometers.
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Cigarette smokers are #1 litterers along world’s coasts
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-07 09:27:41
The Ocean Conservancy released its 2006 findings on 3.5 million kilograms (7.7 million pounds) of debris pickup up by volunteers along 55,500 kilometers (34,500 miles) of coastlines and waterways around the world. Cigarettes and cigarette butts account for about 25% of it.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-07 09:27:41
The Ocean Conservancy released its 2006 findings on 3.5 million kilograms (7.7 million pounds) of debris pickup up by volunteers along 55,500 kilometers (34,500 miles) of coastlines and waterways around the world. Cigarettes and cigarette butts account for about 25% of it.
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U.S. water and environment laws spring a leak
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-06 11:05:00
The Federal U.S. ‘Clean Water Act’ looks like it will remove protection for streams and small bodies of water, protecting only lakes and rivers large enough for boats, in a reversal for environmental protection.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-06 11:05:00
The Federal U.S. ‘Clean Water Act’ looks like it will remove protection for streams and small bodies of water, protecting only lakes and rivers large enough for boats, in a reversal for environmental protection.
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Controversial weather satellites: Scientists say if reduced, we’ll ignore global warming?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-05 16:46:29
Many articles are discussing the issue of cutting back on U.S. efforts to launch a next-generation series of weather satellites to save money in a project already full of cost overruns and technical glitches. In controversy is the program called the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-05 16:46:29
Many articles are discussing the issue of cutting back on U.S. efforts to launch a next-generation series of weather satellites to save money in a project already full of cost overruns and technical glitches. In controversy is the program called the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System.
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Follow-up: NASA, Michael Griffin, global warming, and earth-science research
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-06-04 11:44:21
The recent ITwire article “NASA boss Michael Griffin on Global Warming” was a contrarian view to most of the controversy surrounding NASA Administrator Michael Griffin’s comments on global warming. However, there is always more than one side to any story.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-06-04 11:44:21
The recent ITwire article “NASA boss Michael Griffin on Global Warming” was a contrarian view to most of the controversy surrounding NASA Administrator Michael Griffin’s comments on global warming. However, there is always more than one side to any story.
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Comet may have doomed prehistoric Clovis 12,900 years ago
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-01 19:25:48
According to U.S. researchers, a comet that broke up into many pieces over North America killed off the Clovis people. The blast caused fireballs and widespread fires over most of the continent.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-01 19:25:48
According to U.S. researchers, a comet that broke up into many pieces over North America killed off the Clovis people. The blast caused fireballs and widespread fires over most of the continent.
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Get to know your neighbours, via the Web
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-29 02:39:21
US company Fatdoor is exploiting the power of Microsoft's Virtual Earth and Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate contact between people living in the same neighbourhood, initially the Bay Area of San Francisco.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-29 02:39:21
US company Fatdoor is exploiting the power of Microsoft's Virtual Earth and Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate contact between people living in the same neighbourhood, initially the Bay Area of San Francisco.
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Origins-of-life pioneer Stanley Miller, creator of ‘primodial soup’, dead at 77
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-24 12:55:13
University of California-San Diego chemist and biologist Stanley Lloyd Miller died May 20, 2007 of heart failure in a hospital in National City, California. Miller is famous for his pioneering experiment that first demonstrated organic molecules could be artificially generated in a laboratory.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-24 12:55:13
University of California-San Diego chemist and biologist Stanley Lloyd Miller died May 20, 2007 of heart failure in a hospital in National City, California. Miller is famous for his pioneering experiment that first demonstrated organic molecules could be artificially generated in a laboratory.
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Tech customers baulk at cost of going green
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-20 05:52:51
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-20 05:52:51
PARIS (Reuters) - Customers are not yet ready to pay extra for green products in spite of growing concern for the environment, technology, media and telecoms executives told an industry summit this week.
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NASA probes sinkhole as proxy for icy moon
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-20 05:47:22
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-20 05:47:22
EL ZACATON, Mexico (Reuters) - NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.
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Watch Moon and Venus together after sunset on Saturday, May 19, 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-19 10:35:10
At sunset look to the west and the waxing crescent Moon and the planet Venus will be within one degree of each other, being the two brightest objects in the evening sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-19 10:35:10
At sunset look to the west and the waxing crescent Moon and the planet Venus will be within one degree of each other, being the two brightest objects in the evening sky.
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Russian spacecraft resupplies International Space Station
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-16 03:10:48
An unmanned Russian Progress M-60 spacecraft on autopilot has docked with the International Space Station to deliver 2.3 tonnes of freight including food, air, water and propellant.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-16 03:10:48
An unmanned Russian Progress M-60 spacecraft on autopilot has docked with the International Space Station to deliver 2.3 tonnes of freight including food, air, water and propellant.
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Green issues overlooked in IT procurement, survey says
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-15 06:55:18
Most large companies ignore environmental issues when buying IT solutions, according to research.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-05-15 06:55:18
Most large companies ignore environmental issues when buying IT solutions, according to research.
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Yahoo puts marketing muscle into climate campaign
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-14 07:03:41
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-14 07:03:41
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. aims to wield its power as the biggest U.S. Internet media company to encourage millions of consumers to take basic steps to help the environment as part of its corporate push to confront global warming.
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Weather forecasting while you fly
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-09 15:31:14
The Boeing Company has filed a patent application so that aircraft could contain weather-sensing devices to collect real-time weather forecasting data as they fly around the world.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-09 15:31:14
The Boeing Company has filed a patent application so that aircraft could contain weather-sensing devices to collect real-time weather forecasting data as they fly around the world.
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Apple going green the new eco-tech reality
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-04 09:12:50
This week, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, outlined how green Apple already is, and how green they’ll be in the future – but is it, and other efforts, enough?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-04 09:12:50
This week, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, outlined how green Apple already is, and how green they’ll be in the future – but is it, and other efforts, enough?
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Australia's biggest dinosaurs uncovered
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-03 07:20:03
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-03 07:20:03
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Fossil bones from the largest dinosaurs ever known to walk Australia were on Thursday unveiled in a find, which scientists said, shed new light on the country's prehistoric past.
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Experts meet on U.N. report but time running out
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-30 10:51:52
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-30 10:51:52
BANGKOK (Reuters) - After two gloomy U.N. reports on global warming, scientists and governments began on Monday looking at how to fight climate change, with green groups saying the world has the means to cut emissions at little cost.
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