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Last update: an hour agoSpace Tech (Marshall Islands launch): Northrop Grumman and NASA are preparing a first-of-its-kind robotic rescue of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The LINK servicing spacecraft, built by Arizona’s Katalyst Space, will launch on a Pegasus XL rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, rendezvous with Swift, then capture and boost it to a higher orbit to slow dangerous orbital decay. Disaster Risk & Water (El Niño): SPREP is urging Pacific communities to start preparing now that El Niño is underway, warning of uneven impacts across islands. Palau is already bracing for a dry stretch after Super Typhoon Sinlaku left drier air in its wake, with water monitoring advised. Local Resilience (fuel shock): The Republic of the Marshall Islands declared a State of Emergency after fuel and commodity prices spiked amid the Iran conflict, calling for regional economic resilience as energy, transport, and food costs strain households and services. Ocean Science (regional monitoring): Climate Change Cook Islands and Earth Sciences New Zealand are sending the Kaharoa II on an oceanographic survey of the Cook Islands’ moana, building a baseline for future climate impacts and plastic pollution analysis. Coral Survival Research (Marshall Islands): Woods Hole scientists are tracking “super reefs” in the Marshall Islands—coral strongholds that seem to resist extreme heat—using modeling, sensors, and a robotic survey vessel to map resilience and guide conservation.
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