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NASA Study Quantifies Plants' Role in Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect
2015-08-27 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The presence or scarcity of vegetation is an essential factor in determining how much urban areas heat up, according to a NASA study. Using data from multiple satellites, the researchers found that areas covered in part by impervious surfaces such as asphalt, concrete, and steel had an average summer temperature 3.4 degrees F higher than nearby rural areas. The highest U.S. urban temperatures compared to surrounding areas were along the Interstate-95 corridor from Boston to Washington and around...
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Study: frequency of power outages in US stable, but total minutes without power increasing over time
2015-08-27 11:55:31| Green Car Congress
TTI/INRIX study shows US traffic congestion back at pre-recession levels; average travel delay/commuter 2x that in 1982
2015-08-27 11:55:31| Green Car Congress
SSL Awarded DARPA Contract To Study On-Orbit Satellite Assembly
2015-08-27 08:18:05| rfglobalnet Home Page
Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SSL), a leading provider ofcommercial satellites, today announced it was awarded a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to study on-orbit robotic assembly of geostationary communications satellites.
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Study shows plant species' genetic responses to climate change
2015-08-27 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Physorg: A study by the University of Liverpool has found that the genetic diversity of wild plant species could be altered rapidly by anthropogenic climate change. Scientists studied the genetic responses of different wild plant species, located in a natural grassland ecosystem near Buxton, to a variety of simulated climate change treatments-including drought, watering, and warming-over a 15-year period. Analysis of DNA markers in the plants revealed that the climate change treatments had altered the...
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