Friday, March 15, 2002

CNN.com Twin probes set for mission to map Earth gravity March 15, 2002 Twin probes will use a microwave beam, depicted by red lines, to track each other. By Kate Tobin CNN Sci-Tech (CNN) -- Barring any last-minute snags, NASA and the German Space Agency will launch two satellites into orbit Saturday on a five-year mission to study Earth's gravity field. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE, aims to map variations in the Earth's gravity field as it changes over time in response to shifts in sea levels, the ebb and flow of glaciers, the seasonal melting and freezing of ice sheets, and other such fluctuations. Further Information GRACE-short for the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment CNN NASA satellite pair to tackle weighty task 11:54:22 AM    comment BBC News - AFRICA Zimbabwe enacts media curbs Journalists will need government accreditation A new law curbing the activities of independent and foreign news media in Zimbabwe has been enacted by the government. Local journalists will have to be accredited by a government-appointed panel, and foreign correspondents will be officially barred from working full-time inside Zimbabwe. 9:49:12 AM    comment FOXNews.com Florida Man Fights to Keep 'ATHEIST' Licence Plate GAINESVILLE, Fla. — State officials want to take back a license plate reading "ATHEIST" more than 16 years after issuing it to the vice president of Atheists of Florida. Steven Miles tools around Gainesville with the vanity license plate and says it is a form of self-expression. 9:19:24 AM    comment FOXNews.com Much of U.S. in Grip of Dangerous Drought NEW YORK — Gripped by drought, states from the Atlantic Ocean nearly to the Pacific have become a veritable tinderbox ready for the spark and there's no relief in sight, weather forecasters said Thursday. The nationwide drought is more than a simple dry spell. The entire state of Wyoming has been declared a drought disaster area, and vast stretches of the Southeast and the West are ripe for wildfires. Further Information CNN.Com — Drought 'sleeping giant' in U.S. U.S. Drought monitor maps, updated each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. 8:48:50 AM    comment

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