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Recent Satellite Data Inconclusive on Climate Change, Prompts New Mission
Description: NASA's gravity field satellite mission GRACE has provided nine years worth of data about changes in Earth's gravity field. The analysis of the data from the two satellites on the mission looks at the melting of our Earth's ice sheets. Although the results of the analysis have concluded that the Earth's ice sheets are melting at the alarming rate of 300 billion tons per year, the report indicates that satellite data obtained of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets is insufficient to determine whether the acceleration of the melting ice will continue at the same rate, resulting in the need for more satellite analysis. [Source: Satellite Today]
URL: http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/feature/2013/07/15/recent-satellite-data-inconclusive-on-climate-change-prompts-new-mission/
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Source: Satellite Today
Publish Date: 7/15/2013
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