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Artist’s rendering of NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System 2 (JPSS-2), scheduled to launch in 2021.
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Possible Deep Cuts to NOAA Funding Worry Agency Supporters

by Randy Showstack 8 March 201720 April 2023

The agency's acting administrator characterized the budget figures as preliminary and said NOAA is not being targeted.

Data rescue MIT
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Activists Set Out to Save Data, One Byte at a Time

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 7 March 201720 April 2023

Leaders of the DataRefuge movement hope that volunteer efforts across the country can stop government data from disappearing.

Biologist Chris Guy with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helps a volunteer identify widgeon grass in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Critics Assail White House Proposal for Steep Cuts to EPA

by Randy Showstack 3 March 201720 April 2023

Even EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, a longtime critic of the agency, said that he disagrees with the White House about some of the planned cuts.

Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Kilimanjaro's Iconic Snows Mapped in Three Dimensions

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 March 20177 February 2023

New ground-penetrating radar measurements reveal the thickness and total ice volume of the mountain's Northern Ice Field.

Coal is excavated at a Wyoming mine in 2014.
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Policy Experts Debate Trump Energy Plan

by Randy Showstack 28 February 201724 October 2022

Lauded by free-market proponents at a policy forum, the White House plan sparked disagreements among panelists about climate implications, the potential for a coal comeback, and carbon taxes.

William Harris, president and CEO of Space Center Houston, stands in front of the Apollo 11 command module capsule.
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Apollo 11 Command Module Goes on Tour

by Randy Showstack 27 February 201715 November 2022

The exhibit includes Buzz Aldrin's gloves and an injector plate from the rocket's first-stage engine, which was recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

An artist’s rendition of NASA’s Space Launch System.
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Focus NASA on Mars and Moon, Not Earth, Witnesses Tell Hearing

by Randy Showstack 23 February 201726 January 2022

One speaker, the former chief scientist of NASA, spoke up for NASA's Earth science program as broadly beneficial and affordable within the agency's existing budget.

Artist’s representation of TRAPPIST-1 planet surface view.
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Seven Earth-Sized Planets Seen Whizzing Around One Cool Star

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 February 201724 October 2022

Although all the exoplanets orbit closer than Mercury does to our Sun, liquid water may persist on some of them because their star radiates so little heat.

UCAR President Tony Busalacchi (right) tours one of NCAR’s atmospheric chemistry labs.
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New UCAR Leader Sees Scientific, Administrative Challenges Ahead

by Randy Showstack 22 February 201720 April 2023

Antonio Busalacchi, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, tells Eos about a grand challenge in atmospheric research and other priorities.

Stone crumbled off the surface of a building in Napa after the 2014 magnitude 6.0 earthquake.
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Overlooked Data Source Improves Quake Intensity Maps

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 20 February 20178 December 2022

A new approach may fine-tune estimates of the range of shaking from earthquakes and help define areas of potential damage.

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