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How the Coulsdon Lowland Oasis is helping save the planet
Raised height: Farthing Downs holds many historical secrets NOTES ON NATURE: The City of London rangers tending to Farthing Downs, Coulsdon Common and other treasured green spaces are as hard at work during the dark midwinter months…
Faculty Voices: Defending the Planet in Real Life | MSU Today
Seth Jacobson is Assistant Professor at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences. As a planetologist, Jacobson studies the…
On this iron-dense planet, a year lasts just eight hours, Science News
We do not say what the universe could throw at us. Just when some of us think we know all about it, a new discovery throws all that smugness out of the park.Scientists have now spotted one of the smallest planets ever…
A tiny hot planet as dense as iron slides around a red dwarf star
This illustration shows a recently discovered exoplanet called GJ 367b, located about 31 light years from Earth and orbiting its star in just about 8 hours, with a density greater than that of our planet and an internal structure similar to…
We must protect 50% of the planet – but even that is not enough
Image credits: Lingchor.Protected areas are defended by scientists and environmentalists because of their obvious environmental benefits. Due to the constant!-->…
Save the animals and preserve the planet | Letters to the Editor
Across the country, marine and land animals are facing shocking problems due to the trash we throw away or leave unattended! And now, just to add to that problem, massive oil spills have spread to Huntington Beach.This is a serious problem…
Planet develops activities in the state and local government sector
SAN FRANCISCO, November 23, 2021- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Planet, a leading provider of daily data and information on Earth, today announced a number of new contracts with state and local governments, including entities from the states of…
Analysis of wind-induced vibrations from Mars sheds light on the underground properties of the…
Seismic data collected at Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars, suggests the presence of a shallow sedimentary layer sandwiched between lava flows below the planet's surface. These results were obtained as part of…
“Partially buried skeletons” seen in a NASA photo? “It’s a graveyard…
NASA's Perseverance rover sends an image of Mars to Earth. The viewer wants to see things about him that shouldn't exist on the red planet. Pasadena - the planet Mars is currently inaccessible to humans - perhaps for this reason, it…
Planet and New Lighting Technologies Provide Satellite Imagery to Power Rapid Disaster Response to…
SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, 2021- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Planet, one of the leading providers of near-daily high-resolution data and information on Earth, today announced a collaboration with its partner New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT) to…