November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... necessity of validating key technologies for space greenhouses under mission relevant conditions and with representative ...plant growth demonstrator (middle room in Figure 3). Future Exploration Greenhouse (FEG): the main plant growth area of the MTF,...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... in their morphology from the Earth plants. Building on success The first plant experiments conducted in the Svet greenhouse onboard Mir showed that spaceflight does not seriously impact fundamental biological processes such as growth, development...
October 2024
EO data - the fuel that makes climate action possible
...monitored and stopped efficiently, accurately and transparently. This capability is essential if we’re going to succeed in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43 percent by 2030. Current monitoring solutions include advanced sensors, drones and...
15 November 2021
Earth's lower atmosphere is rising due to climate change, new study says
... ever before. “These results provide independent confirmation, in addition to all the other evidence of climate change, that greenhouse gases are altering our atmosphere”, Randell says. What's more, the rate of the rise seems to be increasing...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
... will happen to Earth - either if we fill the atmosphere with greenhouse gases or if we just wait one or two hundred million years ... and save money, while alleviating the rise in Earth’s greenhouse gases. We should be able to talk about options to...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... once a decision is made to proceed with space-based SRM While there is no moral or practical substitute for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we must also contemplate how to reduce the effect of an already altered atmosphere. One way is to capture...
