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Cigar-shaped asteroid came from another solar system: study | AFP.com

Cigar-shaped asteroid came from another solar system: study | AFP.com Press Release: ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Is Like Nothing Seen Before (eso1737 Science Release; European Southern Observatory ; 20 November 2017) https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1737/

The Changing Colors of our Living Planet

The Changing Colors of our Living Planet : While NASA began monitoring life on land in the 1970s with the Landsat satellites, this fall marks 20 years since the space agency has continuously observed plant life at the surface of both the land and ocean . (Kate RAMSAYER, NASA ; November 13, 2017)

Pressure-Induced Chemistry between Iron and Hydrous Minerals at Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary

When Water Met Iron Deep Inside the Earth, It Might Have Created Conditions for Life (Press Release, Carnegie Science ; November 13, 2017) https://carnegiescience.edu/news/when-water-met-iron-deep-inside-earth-it-might-have-created-conditions-life Featured Research Article : When water meets iron at Earth's core-mantle boundary (MAO et al ., 2017) https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwx109/21325987/nwx109.pdf N. B.:   This article is a corrected proof  from the  National Science Review.

A "Hodge-Podge" of Scientific Research Tools

CCI Toolbox  [ European Space Agency ( ESA ) - Climate Change Initiative ] https://cci-tools.github.io/ FREEWAT  [ European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 Project - Water Resource Management ] http://www.freewat.eu/ World Karst Aquifer Map ( BGR WHYMAP ) https://www.bgr.bund.de/whymap/EN/Maps_Data/Wokam/wokam_node_en.html Global Solar Atlas ( Solargis - World Bank Group ) http://globalsolaratlas.info/ Ecological Marine Units - 3D Ocean Mapping ( ArcGIS - ESRI ) http://www.esri.com/ecological-marine-units OECD Pov and LRTP Screening Tool ( OECD.org ) http://www.oecd.org/env/ehs/risk-assessment/oecdpovandlrtpscreeningtool.htm