Climate Change, Global Warming, Weather Derivatives, Investi Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Non-Tech : Climate Change, Global Warming, Weather Derivatives, Investi

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

From: Sam Citron	6/4/2007 12:17:02 PM
	of 442

US Scales Back Global Warming Monitoring By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:54 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. scientists will soon lose much of their ability in space to monitor for global warming, a confidential report to the White House warns. As President Bush heads to a summit of industrial nations in Germany with a new initiative to reduce the greenhouse gases blamed for climate change, his administration is cutting back on efforts to measure the impact of the warming trend. The problem is a costly and problem-plagued satellite system. Because of technology glitches and a near-doubling of its original $6.5 billion cost, the Defense Department has decided to downsize and launch four satellites paired into two orbits, instead of six satellites and three orbits. The satellites were intended to gather weather and climate data and replace existing satellites as they come to the end of their useful lifetimes, beginning in 2010. The reduced system of four satellites will now focus on weather forecasting. Most of the climate instruments needed to collect more precise data over long periods are being eliminated. Instead, the Pentagon and its two partners -- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA -- will rely on European satellites for most of the climate data. U.S. scientists worry they won't provide the data needed. ''Unfortunately, the recent loss of climate sensors ... places the overall climate program in serious jeopardy,'' NOAA and NASA scientists told the White House in a confidential Dec. 11 report obtained by The Associated Press. They said they will face major gaps in data collectible only from satellites about ice caps and sheets, surface levels of seas and lakes, sizes of glaciers, surface radiation, water vapor, snow cover and even atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next