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World’s first coral reef atlas published

The coral reefs of the Central Indian Ocean have now been quantified and mapped in the world’s first coral reef atlas, prepared by the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad. The atlas, called the ‘Coral Reef Atlas of the World’, also … Continue reading

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Russia and Norway Reach Accord on Arctic Border

The leaders of Russia and Norway resolved a 40-year-old dispute over dividing the Barents Sea and part of the Arctic Ocean into clear economic zones extending to the edge of Europe’s northern continental shelf. The agreement could herald oil and … Continue reading

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Giant NASA Balloon Crashes, Destroys Telescope

A gigantic NASA balloon designed to carry science instruments to the edge of space crashed during takeoff from Australia’s Alice Springs launch site, destroying a multimillion-dollar telescope. The Nuclear Compton Telescope (NCT), owned by University of California at Berkeley, was … Continue reading

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NASA’s first SDO images show Stunning Solar Snap

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has demonstrated its “unprecedented new capability” by firing back some impressive first images of the Sun, including this “full-disk multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet image”, captured on 30 March. Read Here

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