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NASA data registers strong deforestation signals in Sumatra, Borneo, Brazil, Gabon
2013-01-29 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: NASA satellites picked up signals of extensive potential deforestation in Sumatra, Borneo, Central Africa, the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador, and the Chaco region of Paraguay between October 1 and December 31, 2012, according to the latest update on Mongabay.com's Global Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF-DAS). Deforestation signals were particularly strong on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where large areas of forest have been converted for palm oil and...
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NASA resurrects its most powerful rocket engine after 40 years, for science!
2013-01-25 18:40:10| Extremetech
At the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, a team of young NASA engineers are disassembling, examining, reassembling, and firing the F-1 -- the most powerful rocket engine ever built by the United States.
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NASA works out how to build large, commercial flying wing that uses half the fuel of normal aircraft
2013-01-24 20:15:50| Extremetech
NASA has successfully demonstrated a manufacturing technique that will allow the creation of large, commercial hybrid flying wing aircraft. These planes would use half the fuel of conventional, tubular jet airliners, and would provider a quieter ride for passengers on board.
NASA and Autodesk Collaborate on Sustainable Building Performance Monitoring
2013-01-22 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
New Agreement to Advance Development of Technology to Monitor and Visualize Building Performance using Building Information Models SAN FRANCISCO - Autodesk Inc., (NASDAQ: ADSK) and NASA Ames Research Center are collaborating to research and develop new technology that can monitor and optimize the operational life-cycle of high performance buildings. Researchers from Autodesk Research and NASA will implement Autodesk Project Dasher technology at the NASA Ames Sustainability Base, a 50,000 ...This story is related to the following:ServicesGreen & CleanSearch for suppliers of: CAD/CAM Software | Computer-Aided & CAD/CAM Designers | Manufacturing Management & Product Life Cycle Management Software | Data Analysis Software | Building Information Modeling (BIM) Services
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NASA Map Shows Air Pollution Across Asia and the Middle East
2013-01-21 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: New satellite data released by NASA provide dramatic visual evidence of the dangerous air quality reported from cities across Asia and the Middle East this month. Based on data collected from its satellite-based Ozone Monitoring Instrument, a map released by NASA scientists illustrates high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) -- shown in orange -- over several major cities, including Istanbul, Tehran and New Delhi, during the first week of January. Satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide concentrations...
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