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Earth Surface Mass

November 14 , 2020 1476 days 828 0
  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently announced that the Earth Mass has deviated in August 2020 as compared to that of 2004-09.
  • The changes were mainly because changes in amount of water, ice and snow.
  • According to NASA, the sea level increase may be due to the change in earth mass.
  • The change in earth mass is mainly caused due to land movement relative to sea.
  • The changes in land movement was more in snow and ice-covered regions.
  • These changes were calculated by GRACE Mission.
  • It was a joint mission by NASA and Germany.

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