For Release: April 14, 1998
Kimberly W. Land
(757) 864-9885
RELEASE NO. 98-018
Thursday, April 16 at NASA Langley
Media Workshop on Earth Day 1998 Topics
In honor of Earth Day 1998, media are invited to attend a
workshop on various environmental issues on Thursday, April 16, at
10 a.m. at the Pearl Young Theater, NASA Langley Research Center.
Earth Day, held annually on April 22, was initiated in the spring
of 1970.
Environmental researchers from NASA Langley Research Center, the
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) of Hampton Roads will discuss
the exploration of the Earth's air, land and water, as well as
efforts to preserve and protect our planet's environment.
Discussions will include new technologies to study the Earth's
atmosphere, weather and climate, and presentations on research
topics such as the Atmospheric Effects of Aviation; Mineral
Resources and Shifting Shorelines; and Coastal Ocean and Estuarine
Science.
NASA, mandated by Congress to investigate and assess global
change, is the lead government agency in the United States' Global
Change Research Program. It is this concern with our planet and its
future that led Vice President Gore to recently propose the
development of a satellite system to continually monitor our planet
and to make its images available live on the Internet.
More details about NASA Langley's involvement in Earth Day can
be found at the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Division homepage
at: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/
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