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China’s problem with smog, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite

China’s problem with smog, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite

Over the last few months, you may have heard about China’s growing smog problem. In Beijing, Shanghai, and many other areas of China, the smog is so bad that the air quality index (AQI) has started spiking over 400, and sometimes reaching 500 — the top of the AQI scale. Just for some context, an AQI above 100 is generally ...

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European satellite expected to crash back to Earth

AP The European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite is set to plummet to Earth on Sunday night, but will likely land in water and will disintegrate while traveling through Earth’s atmosphere. The sky isn’t falling — just a 2,000-pound satellite. The European Space Agency says their research satellite that lost fuel in mid-October will likely crash into an ocean or the ...

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