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Seeing the Earth through alien eyes: an extraterrestrial view of our planet

Physics World

“If I look at the next 50 years, next hundred years maybe, nobody will be able to set up a telescope that’s powerful enough to resolve surface features,” says Jonathan Jiang , an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who uses Earth as a laboratory to model exoplanets.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check. The EU, the U.S. and the U.K.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 1260 ), which would create a new NSF Technology and Innovation Directorate and increase the NSF authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. 2026 ), sponsored by Rep. billion for coastal mapping, resilience and related projects. 14, 2021.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. In this issue: Senate Passes U.S. Scientist Elected to Congress.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This bill which would create a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increase NSF’s overall authorized funding level to around $28 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. This includes $828 million for Biological and Environmental Research, a $75 million increase.

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