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Entries Tagged as 'Earth Sciences'

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: First Earth Day

April 22nd, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – April 22, 1970 – First Earth Day. Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day, says that the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. He wanted President Kennedy to give visibility to pollution and the environmental degradation that was appearing throughout the country, but [...]

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Tags: Chemistry · Earth Sciences · Engineering Design · Environmental Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Industrial Design · Materials Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: First television weather forecast

January 11th, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – January 11, 1954 – Although radio weather broadcasts have been around since 1922, it was not until 1953 that BBC executives, gathered for a luncheon, introduced the idea of presenting a weather forecast on television. These BBC executives searched the Met Office and chose the 32-year-old George Cowling, a former Royal [...]

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Tags: Earth Sciences · Electrical Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Geological Engineering · Surveying and Geomatics Engineerings

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Pathfinder lands on Mars

July 4th, 2009 · Add a Comment

Today in History – July 4, 1997 – Launched on December 4, 1996, Pathfinder impacted the surface of Mars on July 4, 1997 at a velocity of  18 m/s (40 mph) and then bounced into the air 15 times at a maximum height of  15 meters (50 feet), before rolling and coming to rest  1 [...]

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Tags: Aerospace Engineering · Earth Sciences · General Engineering, Engineering Science

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

March 22nd, 2009 · Add a Comment

Today in History – March 22, 1985 – The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is adopted in response to studies documenting the harm caused to the environment and our own health by ozone-depleting substances. Ozone is a colorless gas, closely related to the oxygen in the air we breathe. The ozone molecule [...]

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Tags: Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Earth Sciences · Environmental Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: US Launches Their First Artificial Satellite

January 31st, 2009 · Add a Comment

Today in History – January 31, 1958 – Explorer 1 became the United States of America’s first satellite to orbit the Earth after it was launched on January 31, 1958. After the Soviet Union’s successful launch of Sputnik I on October 4, 1957, the United States of America embarked upon a program to launch it [...]

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Tags: Aerospace Engineering · Earth Sciences · Engineering Mechanics · Physics

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