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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. The latest wave of violence between Israel and Palestine ended on May 20, after the two sides agreed to a ceasefire. The Gaza Strip suffered the bulk of the deaths and destruction, where airstrikes killed more than 230 people, and destroyed more than 1,000 residential and commercial buildings. The New York Times described the landscape as a sea of rubble, as multiple hospitals, power lines, schools, sewage systems, and roads had been damaged or destroyed. Palestinians are now starting the long process of reconstruction, supported by humanitarian organizations, and are looking back to the conflict for indications of human rights abuses, supported by investigative journalists. But that work is being made harder and costlier by a lack of good satellite images of Israel and Palestine in free mapping tools. ....
A blazing space race that could bring the sky down on our heads Premium Read Full Story In the immortal series of Asterix comics written by Goscinny and Uderzo, the indomitable Gauls had only one fear: that the sky would fall on their heads. In a world preoccupied by covid, even as we sought the ‘magic potion’ of the vaccine, that fear returned as a 23-tonne booster of China’s Long March satellite threatened to crash back to Earth. That it harmlessly did so in the Indian Ocean did not allay the fear of it happening again. In fact, it was the fourth big uncontrolled re-entry in history. The biggest was the Soviet Skylab in 1979, and I have memories of us as school children eagerly following its descent and plotting it on graph papers. ....
NASA chief touts new Earth-observing satellites for climate NASA s Terra satellite captured this thermal imaging view of Hurricane Maria in 2017. Credit: NASA. The White House is providing fresh details of a major satellite program that administration officials call poised to reveal vital information about climate change and extreme weather events. Why it matters: Known as the Earth System Observatory, the program consists of at least five satellites to be launched through 2029 that will enhance, or in some cases revolutionize, the capabilities of the space agency s existing fleet of Earth-observing satellites. Details: In an interview with Axios on Monday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the upcoming satellite constellation will look at everything from aerosols tiny particles in the atmosphere that are a major source of uncertainty in climate models to sea level rise. ....