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NASA Data Find Some Hope for Water in Aral Sea Basin

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2014Environmentagricultural use, aral sea basin, aral sea watershed, breakup, catastrophic water loss, central asia, cotton based economy, evaporation, grace, kazakhstan, kirk zmijewski, kyrgyzstan, lake effect precipitation, nasa data, nasa satellite missions, richard becker, soviet union, staecker, tajikistan, tropical rainfall, turkmenistan, university of toledo, uzbekistan, water, Wikipedia

A new study using data from NASA satellite missions finds that, although the long-term water picture for the Aral Sea watershed in Central Asia remains bleak, short-term prospects are better than previously thought.

Once the fourth largest inland sea in the world, the Aral Sea has lost 90 percent of its water volume over the last 50 years. Its watershed — the enormous closed basin around the sea — encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. (more…)

Spitzer Sees Crystal ‘Rain’ in Outer Clouds of Infant Star

By Guest PostMay 30, 2011Scienceastronomers, bill danchi, charles poteet, clouds of gas, comets, constellation orion, crystals, deep impact missions, embryonic star, forsterite crystals, green mineral, herschel space observatory, hops 68, NASA, ohio, olivine, protostar, rain, solar system, spitzer space telescope, star, stardust, tom megeath, university of toledo, young stars

PASADENA, Calif. –– Tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine are falling down like rain on a burgeoning star, according to observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.

This is the first time such crystals have been observed in the dusty clouds of gas that collapse around forming stars. Astronomers are still debating how the crystals got there, but the most likely culprits are jets of gas blasting away from the embryonic star. (more…)

Great Lakes Water Quality is Focus of New $5-Million Grant

By Guest PostSeptember 20, 2010Environmentallison steiner, anna michalak, climate change, drinking water, global effect, global warming, great lakes, heidelberg university, national science foundation, united states, university of michigan, university of toledo, watershed

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— How could climate change and our response to it affect the Great Lakes’ water quality? That’s the primary question a team of 27 researchers from across the University of Michigan and collaborators at other institutions will answer with a new $5-million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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NASA Data Find Some Hope for Water in Aral Sea Basin

Spitzer Sees Crystal ‘Rain’ in Outer Clouds of Infant Star

Great Lakes Water Quality is Focus of New $5-Million Grant