New NASA Robot Studies Greenland Ice

GROVER

NASA plans to test a remote control robot, nicknamed GROVER, to study the layers of snow and ice that comprise the massive Greenland ice sheet. Read more →

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Springtime Brings More Droughts, Floods To Parts Of Nation

Texas drought

The West and South will continue to face more drought this spring, while the Midwest is likely to see heavy rains and some serious flooding as the northern snowpack melts. Read more →

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Landsat 8 Set To Be NASA’s Latest Earth Monitoring Satellite

An artist rendering showing Landsat 8 flying over the southeastern U.S. (image credit: NASA)

Climate Central reports on how NASA is set to launch into orbit around Earth shortly Landsat 8, which will be the space agency's latest planet observing satellite. Read more →

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Cell Phone Towers Used To Measure Rain Electronically

Rainfall attenuates the electromagnetic signals transmitted from the circular antenna of one cellular communications tower to another (top left panel). Map of the Netherlands with the locations of the employed 1,751 link paths (right panel). (image credit: Image courtesy of PNAS)

Climate Central reports on the innovative use of cell phone towers to electronically measure rainfall amounts. Read more →

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All Energy, Including Renewables, Impact Water Resources

Water

Climate Central highlights a recent report finding water resources, energy and land use are so mutually dependent that climate-related disruptions causes ripples. Read more →

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Wind Power Has Its Limits, But It’s Not the Sky

Wind power

Climate Central talks about a study which ponders how the very existence of wind turbines could slow the planet’s winds to the point where they couldn’t generate any more energy. Read more →

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Thai Turbines Power A Country That Isn’t Windy

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Climate Central reports on the prospects of wind power from a grassroots level in Thailand. Read more →

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Wind Turbines And Tulips And Success In North Holland

Wind Turbines and Tulips

Climate Central reports on how one North Holland farmer is helping to make small scale wind power a success in his region of the country. Read more →

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Co-operative Wind Harvesting In The Netherlands

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Climate Central checks out farmers in the Netherlands making extra cash off of the wind turbines dotting their lands. Read more →

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Dreaming Of Wind Energy In The Shadow Of The Himalayas

Kathmandu

Climate Central takes a look at how one entrepreneur in Nepal is making an effort to bring clean energy to the capital city of Kathmandu. Read more →

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