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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/us/california-today-talk-of-a-ban-on-non-electric-cars.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rising-temperatures-threaten-heat-tolerant-aardvarks?mode=topic&context=60 In the article, "Rising temperatures threaten heat-tolerant aardvarks" by Susan Milius it is found that the rising temperature in South Africa is making it hard for aardvarks to have enough energy to warm themselves at night which causes them to get chills. The chills is a sign of starvation. Aardvarks are having a hard time finding food because the organisms they prey on are dying due to the heat and drought which causes them to go to hard to reach hideouts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/hurricanes-show-why-drones-are-future-disaster-relief-ncna799961 During the recent hurricane, Harvey, drones were used to help scout out people in need, assess damage of buildings, power lines and bridges, and deliver life jackets to people who need rescuing. Drones were found more effective because they move faster than ground-based rescue teams. Drones also helped monitor levees, predict more flooding and estimate how long a specific area will be underwater by looking on the drone's camera. "Mike Winn, CEO of the San Francisco-based drone mapping and analytics company DroneDeploy, said drones operated by the nonprofit organization Humanitarian Drones had used his company’s software to create detailed maps to help emergency-management agencies assess storm damage in Houston. Winn said Humanitarian Drones plans to mount a similar effort in Florida as Irma hits there." – Hurricanes Show Why Drones Are the Future of Disaster Relief – Sep.09.2017 https://www.nbcnews.com/mach?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_mc_170910 via NBC News
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/world/climate-change-study-canceled-trnd/index.html A recent $17 million study for climate change was canceled due to safety hazards caused by climate change. A team of scientists from five different universities were starting their study on how climate change was affecting areas around the Hudson Bay when hazardous sea ice got in the way of their travels due to warm temperatures in the arctic pushing the ice farther south than normal. This event did give the scientists an example of how intense climate change is becoming and they will start the project up again once things are looking to be safer.
The following article, "the eclipse will reveal the suns scientific secrets" discusses how the eclipse on august 21, 2017 helps scientists learn more about our universes sun. NASA is funding 11 studies to learn basic information about the sun such as coronal heating and how fast our planet is rotating. "The total solar eclipse is one of the only opportunities for scientists to study certain regions of the sun in visible light according to NASA." All in all, studying the outer atmosphere of the sun (or corona) can help scientist predict solar storms that affects earth communication systems.
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