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Making oxygen on Mars: Rover tests technology to make Red Planet breathable
Read full article: Making oxygen on Mars: Rover tests technology to make Red Planet breathableOne of the goals of NASA’s Mars Rover, Perseverance, is to test new technology that could support future human missions to the Red Planet.
Climate Challenge Week: Reconstructing the past with science
Read full article: Climate Challenge Week: Reconstructing the past with scienceTeaming up with NBC’s Climate Challenge this Earth Week, Local 4 meteorologist Paul Gross will answer the most-asked questions about climate change all week long.
What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic? A look at global CO2 emissions
Read full article: What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic? A look at global CO2 emissionsDETROIT – In spite of all the negative aspects, the pandemic has created opportunities that we can learn from. COVID-19 has created a global natural experiment that would be impossible to do in any normal situation. READ: Michigan health officials make recommendations regarding Halloween celebrationsWhat would happen to global carbon dioxide emissions if people drove less, flew less and used less power? Idled industry added 18 percent and the drop in global domestic aviation cut C02 emissions another 13 percent. Because we cannot limit human human activity the way the pandemic did, changes in energy production and use will be needed to reach emission targets.