A new study by NASA scientists suggests that greenhouse-gas warming may raise average summer temperatures in the eastern United States nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit in cities like Chicago, Washington, and Atlanta by the 2080s. “There is the potential for extremely hot summertime temperatures in the future, especially during summers with less-than-average frequent rainfall,” said lead [...]
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A group of leading scientific institutions around the world announced on Wednesday the launch of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth. For the first time in the history of the planet, scientists, students, and knowledge seekers will [...]
NASA’s spacecraft, the Phoenix Mars Lander has touched down Tuesday on the coast of Florida after a brief 3-1/2 hour trip from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, but the spacecraft’s next and final trip will be a 9-1/2 month journey to Mars. The spacecraft was delivered by its builder Lockheed Martin aboard an Air [...]
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