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IMAGE: SwRI scientists studied the area imaged by Juno s UVS instrument on April 10, 2020, and determined that a large meteoroid had exploded in a bright fireball in Jupiter s upper atmosphere.. view more
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SAN ANTONIO Feb. 22, 2021 From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter s clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant s upper atmosphere. Jupiter undergoes a huge number of impacts per year, much more than the Earth, so impacts themselves are not rare, said SwRI s Dr. Rohini Giles, lead author of a paper outlining these findings in
Dr. Beverly Law is now an Emeritus Professor, and was previously Professor of Global Change Biology & Terrestrial Systems Science in the Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society, and an Adjunct Professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. She is an American Geophysical Union Fellow and Aldo Leopold Fellow.
Dr. Law’s research focuses on the effects of climate change, fire, and management on ecosystem carbon and water cycling, addressing issues such as vulnerability of forests to drought-related mortality, and ecological implications of human actions intended to minimize drought and fire effects. She is an author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications. She and her students and postdocs have contributed to our understanding of the interactions between ecosystems and the atmosphere, and regional analysis of carbon and water cycling and potential vulnerability of forests under future climate.
21 February 2021, 2:33 pm EST By
The sun is a great source of clean energy, and we have an abundance of it, so it s not surprising that many are proposing a plan to create a massive solar plant farm in the Sahara desert, the biggest one in the world but although the premise sounds promising, it appears that it may not be that simple and positive after all.
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Sahara Desert Solar Farm is Not Good?
According to a report by Inverse, researchers have found evidence that only a certain per cent of the sun s heat is being transformed into reusable energy and the rest is being returned to our environment as heat, which helps increase the Earth s temperature and contributes to global warming.
Black History Month: The life of pioneering meteorologist June Bacon-Bercey
Bacon-Bercey was first Black woman to earn meteorology degree from UCLA (Photo: Wikimedia)
In honor of Black History Month, FreightWaves is taking the opportunity to look back on and celebrate the life and work of meteorologist June Bacon-Bercey.
A woman of many firsts, Bacon-Bercey broke barriers and paved the way for others, particularly for women and Blacks in meteorology.
Bacon-Bercey was the first Black woman to earn a degree in meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). That was in 1955 and marked the beginning of a remarkable career and a lasting legacy.