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The back and forth debate about whether or not climate change really exists is about to get a whole lot easier.  The “is it/isn’t it” should enter a new realm of cut and dry fact as a new satellite is about to be launched that has a very, very important task at hand…predict climate change and study the exact changes our planet is already undergoing.

Why is this so vital you might be asking?  I was too until I read exactly what it will be doing.  It turns out, the satellite will “provide precise measurements of the earth’s gravitational field, which will in turn provide exact measurements of ocean currents. So why is that important? Well, ocean currents transport heat around the planet— and that means that the currents have a huge impact on the earth’s climate.”  Huh, is that all?

The amazingly expensive little satellite will map the Earth’s gravitational field once every 70 days for a full 18 months.  This new idea, new technology could potentially act as an early warning system in the event of any changes that could be problematic to widely affected areas, and as a bonus, might be the final piece of evidence that there is in fact a change going on in our climate and that we do, in fact, need to do something about it!