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

Physics World

Accompanied by artists’ impressions of volcanic landscapes or storms raging above shimmering oceans, such work makes distant planets feel somehow more real. The lines form a chemical fingerprint that could be used to find “biosignatures” such as oxygen or ozone. Transmission spectroscopy is limited too.

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Policy News: May 23, 2022

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Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026 – Associated Press. World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns – Reuters. EPA – Release of Draft Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Scientific Community.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. Other methods, like tech to suck carbon out of the air or intervening in marine systems to boost the sequestration potential of oceans, are less vulnerable to reversal and don’t pose the same land issues, but most are in their infancy. The EU, the U.S. and the U.K.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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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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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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The directorate’s budget reaches $5 billion in FY 2026. The House Science Committee bill authorizes a six percent increase each year through 2026 to existing NSF programs, with the agency receiving $10.5 2026 ), which would re-establish the U.S. NOAA – Ocean Exploration Advisory Board Meeting (Apr. 29 & 30, 2021).

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

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The directorate’s budget reaches $5 billion in FY 2026. Senate Commerce Committee: The Committee voted to advance the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays and Estuaries (BLUE GLOBE) Act ( S. Lawmakers recommend increasing funding for this directorate by 50 percent each year.

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