OCO-2 scientists @ JPL find patterns in Carbon Dioxide concentrations

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On October 29, 2015 JPL announced that scientists have found patterns in the carbon dioxide concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere. What is most interesting is tha

“…OCO-2 scientists are now beginning to study the net sources of carbon dioxide as well as their “sinks””

 

Another interesting video is this supercomputer model of CO2 levels in Earth’s atmosphere for a whole year (2006):

Full story @ JPL: Excitement Grows as NASA Carbon Sleuth Begins Year Two

Orbiting Carbon Observatory – 2 mission page

Charles Elachi, director of JPL of Lebanese origins to retire in June 2016

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On October 28, 2015, Charles Elachi, the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of Lebanese origins, announced his intent to retire by June 2016 to become a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The following video includes Elachi’s announcement as well as an amazing summary of 15 years worth ofachievements at JPL & NASA

Full story @ JPL NASA

Interesting Animated Map of the Internet of Things Undersea Cables

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[via: Business Insider]

Vortices in my coffee and the Perpetual Ocean

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In a previous post I shared a video on mixing and unmixing of fluids. This time I share with you an image I took of my coffee. With some milk fluid dynamics created amazing vortices. Following it is an animation of the time evolution of the vortices.

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Milk vortices” by AstrobobOwn work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons.

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Kaufman’s Folly, or, How Movies Can Secretly Drive You Mad

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