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  • Atmospheric CO2 Level Tops 400 ppm
    During the week of May 13th, the CO2 level at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii topped 400 ppm rep...Read more

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    Atmospheric CO2 Level Tops 400 ppm

    During the week of May 13th, the CO2 level at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii topped 400 ppm repeatedly. Daily levels of CO2 can vary due to weather, and there are seasonal trends as well. The level of atmospheric greenhouse gases continues to increase, now over 120 ppm since the Industrial Revolution began. For more on the Keeling Curve, see http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/. Find out more about greenhouse gases and warming.
  • Massive Tornado Outbreak on Tornado Alley
    The week of May 19 brings dozens of tornadoes to Tornado Alley in the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Io...Read more

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    Massive Tornado Outbreak on Tornado Alley

    The week of May 19 brings dozens of tornadoes to Tornado Alley in the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. On May 20th, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, devastating communities - destroying over 100 homes and hitting two elementary schools and a hospital - with many casualties and deaths. Our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues suffering from these storms. For more on the May 20th storms, see the NOAA Storm Prediction Center Storm Report.
  • Kansas Legislator Proposes Bill to Outlaw Sustainability Education
    A bill has been introduced in the Kansas legislature this week that would prohibit the promotion of ...Read more

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    Kansas Legislator Proposes Bill to Outlaw Sustainability Education

    A bill has been introduced in the Kansas legislature this week that would prohibit the promotion of sustainability. Here is a link to the one-page bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2366_00_0000.pdf. See report on Bloomberg News.

Space Mission News - listed by date

All Space Mission News stories (most recent at top):

 02/13/09 Satellites Collide in Earth Orbit!

 11/17/08 Small Satellite Takes on Large Thunderstorms

 10/24/07 Solar Telescope Reaches 120,000 Feet on Jumbo-Jet-Sized Balloon

 01/11/06 Stardust returns - with comet dust!

 07/13/05 First Space Shuttle Launch Since Columbia Accident

 01/14/05 Deep Impact Launch

 12/30/04 Huygens probe on its way to Titan

 10/28/04 Cassini Titan Flyby in October 2004

 06/30/04 Cassini arrives at Saturn

 06/11/04 Cassini approaches Saturn's moon Phoebe

 04/21/04 Hubble Servicing Mission Canceled

 01/15/04 Rosetta mission prepares for launch

 01/14/04 A Rover on the Red Planet! Spirit Will Look at the Geology of Mars

 09/19/03 Galileo Reaches the End of its Road

 07/10/03 Mars Exploration Rovers Launched

 04/25/03 Mars Rover Landing Sites Selected

 03/06/03 Pioneer 10 falls silent

 02/28/03 Searching for more moons of Pluto

 02/21/03 Super Scientists Study Snow!

 02/20/03 A "NEAT" comet!

 02/14/03 The Oldest Light in the Universe

 02/04/03 Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew - An Update

 02/03/03 Space Shuttle Columbia is Lost

 01/31/03 SOHO watches comet passing Sun

 01/21/03 Rosetta Mission Update

 01/17/03 ICESat satellite launched

 10/23/02 Visitors Bring a New Piece to the ISS!

 06/13/02 The ISS is a Busy Place These Days!

 04/12/02 Missions Possible!

 01/17/02 Of the People and For the People!

 12/20/01 For the Holidays...

 11/10/01 A Walk in Space - Preparing to Leave the ISS

 09/14/01 National Day of Prayer and Remembrance

 08/20/01 Settling in for a Four Month Stay

 07/13/01 Atlantis Soars to the ISS

 05/09/01 Tito Returns!

 04/26/01 Reaching Out from the ISS

 03/29/01 Space Stations Galore

 03/19/01 Round and Round Mir Goes...

 03/08/01 Discovery's Off!

 02/21/01 Coming Home from the ISS

 02/08/01 Adding on To The International Space Station (Updated!)

 01/31/01 Adding on To The International Space Station

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