Key Climate Satellite to Launch Later This Month

The Trump administration will launch a major climate science satellite mission later this month to track the movement of water around the planet. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On satellites are scheduled to be launched as soon as May 19, NASA announced yesterday. They will monitor the polar ice caps, aquifer storage around the country and other key data related to climate change. The mission will also track changes in deep ocean currents, which drive climate change. More

(Source: Scientific American - May 2)