Trump's transition team has tapped a longtime climate skeptic to set environmental policy
FILE – In this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 fie photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Shale Insight Conference, in Pittsburgh. With a tightly controlled state media, little access to outside news and a deep belief that whoever runs the White House is bound to be their sworn enemy, North Koreans aren’t expecting much from the U.S. elections – if they know about them at all. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) Donald J. Trump’s transition team for the Environmental Protection Age..>> view originalNew evidence of geysers erupting from Europa's icy ocean
An enhanced-color view of Jupiter's moon Europa. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute) Look, we told you it wasn't going to be aliens. On Monday, after teasing about an announcement concerning "surprising activity" on Jupiter's moon Europa, NASA revealed new evidence for water geysers shooting from the ice-covered satellite. Surprising? Well, not really. This isn't the first time scientists have spotted what looks like geyser activity on the icy moon, which is thought to contain a subsurface oce..>> view originalSpaceX's Big Mars Announcement: What We Already Know
Elon Musk is set to unveil SpaceX's ambitious Mars colony plans today (Sept. 27), but not everything he says will be a big reveal. The billionaire entrepreneur — who has repeatedly said he founded SpaceX in 2002 primarily to help colonize Mars — has ...>> view originalZodiac Controversy Chaos Continues, NASA Clarifies Reports
Sep 27, 2016 08:00 AM EDT Despite NASA's clarifications regarding the zodiac sign controversy, social media continues to be in chaos. Reports continue to claim that the space agency has replaced the zodiac signs and that a 13th zodiac has been added. Back in January, NASA summarized the story of how the western zodiac was formed. The space agency said that rather than being grounded in science, the zodiac signs were based on history. The Babylonians had formed the zodiac signs through constel..>> view originalThe US is on course to miss its emissions goals, and one reason is methane
Chinese President Xi Jinping (center), President Obama (right) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shake hands during a joint ratification of the Paris climate change agreement ceremony ahead of the G20 Summit at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China on Sept. 3. (EPA/How Hwee Young) In recent months, the key story of international climate policy has been about how quickly countries will join the Paris agreement, and cross the legal threshold to bring it into force. And as of..>> view originalGlobal Warming Is Real—But 13 Degrees? Not So Fast
Greenland is among the regions of the Earth that are experiencing the most rapid changes from global warming. If a new study is correct, all of the planet's ice could melt in the coming centuries. Photograph by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel, National Geographic Creative New research suggesting that the planet might already be committed to vastly greater warming than previously thought is being dismissed as deeply flawed by prominent climate scientists. A study published today in one of th..>> view originalA rare 'Black Moon' will rise this Friday. Here's what that means
A combination of two photos (one of Earth and one of the moon) taken by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft on Nov. 3, 1973. NASA/JPL/Northwestern University The final day of September will bring a rare lunar event that hasn't occurred since March of 2014, a Black Moon. The term Black Moon has several definitions, but one of the most common definitions is the second new moon in a calendar month. This is similar to the well-known Blue Moon, which is the name given to the s..>> view originalNew data sheds light on composition of Pluto's frozen 'heart'
New data sheds light on composition of Pluto’s frozen ‘heart’ Laurel Kornfeld September 27th, 2016 Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this global view of Pluto. The images, taken when the spacecraft was 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) away from Pluto, show features as small as 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometers). Image & Caption Credit: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI Computer models based on data collected by t..>> view originalPygmy sperm whale euthanized at Port Canaveral
Local 6, ClickOrlando 4:13 p.m. EDT September 26, 2016 Authorities are working to rescue a pygmy sperm whale that is beached at Port Canaveral, Brevard County sheriff's officials said. Video by Craig Rubadoux. Buy PhotoWhale rescue at Port Canaveral on Sept. 26, 2016. Screen grab from video.(Photo: Craig Rubadoux/FLORIDA TODAY)Buy PhotoPORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Rescuers euthanized an almost 10-foot-long female pygmy sperm whale that beached itself Monday along the rocks at the ..>> view original
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