Category: Environment
After 11 years, NASA’s Dawn Mission runs out of gas around dwarf planet Ceres
On November 1, NASA reported that the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed […]
NASA and ULA launch ICESat-2 rocket to track changes in Earth’s ice measurements
NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. today, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented […]
Historical wild elephant relocation begins today in Zimbabwe
The Government of Zimbabwe is permitting and supporting the relocation of about 100 wild elephants in what’s being called one of the largest relocations in history. Beginning today, the elephants will […]
Update: One confirmed dead, one still missing in Maryland flood waters
(Updated September 4) Maryland State Police have confirmed that a body discovered Monday afternoon in Harford County was that of a woman who was swept away by swift water Friday […]
Harford County officials searching for three people swept away by flash flood waters
On September 1, Maryland State Police in Bel Air reported that they were searching for up to three people after they were swept away by swift water Friday evening in […]
NASA launching ICESat-2, advanced laser will measure earth’s changing ice levels
This September, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure – in unprecedented detail – changes in the heights of […]
CDC: Tips for preventing heat-related illness and death
From torrential downpours and flash floods on the United States’ east coast and record breaking heat temperatures on the west coast, weather related deaths are becoming a daily occurrence. According […]
Increased Antarctic ice loss speeding up the rise of sea levels globally
On June 13, a new assessment released by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that ice losses in Antarctica have tripled since 2012, resulting in increased […]
