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“Space may be the final frontier of exploration, but there’s plenty of Earth left unmapped too — from the giant canyon recently discovered beneath Greenland to American waters that have been left largely unexplored. But that’s quickly changing, thanks in part to Bob Ballard’s latest project.” Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, a science writer for Australia’s Gizmodo.com, elaborates further on a...

As firefighters emerge from another record wildfire season in the Western United States, UC Berkeley scientists say it’s time to give them a 21st century tool: a fire-spotting satellite. In an article titled “Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists,” Robert Sanders of UC Berkeley’s Media Relations elaborates: “Such a satellite could view the Western states almost continuously,...

The U.S. network “The Weather Channel” has acquired the U.S. rights to Tipping Points, an international coproduction exploring the tipping points of changing climate. The documentary series follows a group of scientists as they “venture off the grid to explore the perilous tipping points making our weather systems more extreme and unpredictable,” according to the network. The 6 x 60-minute series is being...