Global warming satellite deploys antennasA satellite sent into orbit to study the effects of global warming
The predicted effects of global warming on the environment and for human life are numerous and varied. It is generally difficult to attribute specific natural phenomena to long-term causes, but some effects of has successfully deployed three antenna arms that will track the oceans, the European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. said Tuesday. The 315-million-euro (460-million-dollar) satellite was "in good health" as it deployed its antennas that give it a three-pointed star shape, the space agency said on its website. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS SMOS Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission (ESA Earth Explorer Mission) SMOS Surface Meteorological Observation System SMOS Secondary Military Occupational Specialty SMOS Summary of Meteorological Observations, Surface ) probe was launched from northern Russia on Monday to provide faster predictions of floods and other extreme weather incidents caused by global warming. By supplying precise measurements of soil moisture and ocean surface salt levels, SMOS will fill in important gaps in scientific knowledge about water cycles and help meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
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