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New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture

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Environmental Protection Agency is leading a coalition to develop a satellite-based program to detect toxin-producing algae in lakes. Instruments installed on the International Space Station are refining weather forecasts by measuring water vapor in the atmosphere and water held in clouds.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.4.24

PA Environment Daily

TODAY 7:00: Dickinson College Host Atmospheric Scientist Katharine Hayhoe To Discuss Finding Hope In The Face Of Climate Change. Sayre High School Students Together at Cobbs Creek To Learn Environmental Science, Engineering In Philadelphia -- Erie Times: Venango Twp. Digital Foundry in Westmoreland County. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

China’s emissions are about 30%) and that CO 2 , the most important greenhouse gas, accumulates in the atmosphere, the defendant’s emissions are not determinative. C assumes 53 percent reduction in coal consumption between 2010 and 2030, but only 20 percent reduction and 11 percent increase, respectively, in oil and gas consumption.

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Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling

PA Environment Daily

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News Fracking for natural gas in parts of Pennsylvania with a legacy of energy extraction may increase the risk of groundwater contamination, according to a team led by Penn State scientists. Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

Satellites, for example, are used in meteorology to track weather systems and to monitor atmospheric fronts to predict what the weather will do next. Known as ENSO, they are opposite effects of the same process and are defined as an oscillation (a variation in magnitude) between the temperature of the atmosphere and the ocean.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs. Sponsored Content. In medicinal use, it's the substance that attacks the bacteria/virus/tumor.

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Guest Essay: When People Have To Choose Health Or Jobs, Everyone Loses - The View From Rachel Carson’s Homestead In Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

The polluting cracker plant About thirty miles from Springdale, along the Ohio River in the town of Monaca in Beaver County, an ethane cracker plant being built by Royal Dutch Shell is the latest and largest development to take advantage of the natural gas found in the Marcellus Shale. It is slated to open sometime in 2022.