Starting in , GOES will provide data almost continuously, improving weather predictions and environmental management. Satellites are already able to "see" our life-supporting atmosphere in a way that has transformed weather prediction, emergency response and public health.
But for measurements of smoke, dust, lightning and other features, GOES will be the first time we have nearly minute-by-minute data.
For example, the new satellite will allow us to track forest fire smoke so that people can take measures to protect their health. This near-real-time data will be a huge step forward from current satellites that provide snapshots of these important features only once or twice a day.
Each new satellite offers a treasure trove of data, publicly available to support decision-making of communities and businesses. Ainissa Ramirez is a materials scientist and author in New Haven, Connecticut.
She hosts the podcast Science Underground and is writing a book on the impact of materials on history and culture. One of the biggest science events of will be a total solar eclipse. On August 21, a diagonal swath of the U. More than million Americans live within a two-day drive from seeing this heavenly event.
How the sky blackens in the middle of the day is a bit like getting a bad seat at the movies. If a tall person seated in front of you blocks your view of the screen, then you are experiencing what happens to the Earth on a cosmic scale. In this movie drama, you are the Earth, the tall person is the moon, and the movie screen is the sun. During an eclipse, the darkness lasts only a few minutes. But it is a reminder that we are all part of something big.
Eclipses also connect us to history. In ancient times, eclipses stopped wars. Even Thomas Edison got inspiration for his light bulb in while on a trip to Wyoming to see an eclipse. This August, all of us get a chance to be connected to nature, to science, and to each other. This is soooo ! Self-driving vehicles promise to blur the distinction between private and public modes of transportation. This implies a city in which we could travel on demand with just a fraction of the number of cars in use today.
Such reductions in car numbers are just theoretical. However, they could potentially lower the cost of our mobility infrastructure and the embodied energy associated with building and maintaining it.
Furthermore, driverless cars could have a big impact on our lifestyle and daily activities: They could be transformed into extensions of our homes. While travelling, we might be able to do lot of activities we use to do at home — read a book, take a nap, eat, text, or make love more than what already happens today.
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