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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Arctic Freshwater Cycle is Intensifying Consistent With Climate Warming
Arctic Freshwater Cycle is Intensifying Consistent With Climate Warming
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:56:00 -0500
The amount of fresh water flowing through the Arctic as snow or rainfall, in rivers and other cycles is increasing, in agreement with model projections under a warming climate, according to a new study by University of Massachusetts Amherst hydrologist Michael Rawlins and colleagues from 18 other institutions in the United States, Norway and Finland.
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:53:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Satellite Used in Polar Research Enters Retirement
Satellite Used in Polar Research Enters Retirement
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0500
After a long career providing communications support, NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) 1 is retiring. From 1983 to 1998, TDRS-1 allowed NASA to talk to other satellites in orbit. From 1998 to 2009, NASA reassigned TDRS-1 to support the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its U.S. Antarctic Program partners to perform scientific, educational, and operational endeavors.
Launched aboard space shuttle Challenger's maiden voyage in April 1983, TDRS-1 was the first satellite ...
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:54:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Oil Found on Alabama, North Florida Beaches
Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Oil Found on Alabama, North Florida Beaches
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:38:00 -0500
The first determination of "beach-fall" of oil along the Alabama and northwest Florida beaches has been made, say National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded geologists at the University of South Florida (USF).
Ping Wang and USF graduate students Mark Horwitz, Tiffany Roberts, Katherine Brustche and Jun Cheng report that tar balls have been found along 160 kilometers (more than 99 miles) of the overall 180 kilometers (nearly 112 miles) of beaches the team ...
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:44:47 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: OpenNSF Privacy Impact Assessment
OpenNSF Privacy Impact Assessment
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