Thursday - November 28, 2024
Tipoffs for Boulder, Colorado (Public Policy) Newsletter for Saturday June 01, 2024 ( 2 items )  

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH: SCIENTISTS MAKE GAINS IN MYSTERY OF MISSING SNOW
BOULDER, Colorado, May 31 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release: * * * New insights into snow sublimation can help water managers * * * A major field project high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains has enabled scientists to produce the most comprehensive examination to date of how snow sublimates in a mountain environment. In a new study, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, scientists have filled longstanding gaps  more

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE: FLYBY OF ASTEROID DINKINESH REVEALS A SURPRISINGLY COMPLEX HISTORY
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 31 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: When NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past the tiny main belt asteroid Dinkinesh last November, the Southwest Research Institute-led mission discovered a trough and ridge structure on the main asteroid as well as the first-ever-encountered contact binary satellite. The flyby data of this half-mile-wide object revealed a dramatic history of sudden breakups and transformation. Scientists think a big  more