International Geophysical Year
Britishnoun
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Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year.
From Nature ● Feb. 4, 2018
Although officially part of the International Geophysical Year, the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in October 1957 had clear military ramifications.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2013
It began among scientists in 1957 with the International Geophysical Year, the first real attempt to coordinate planetary scale investigations.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2012
Russian scientists first identified the Gamburtsevs in 1958 as part of a survey during the International Geophysical Year, and geologists have been puzzled ever since about how the range came to be.
From US News ● Oct. 18, 2010
The Americans had planned to launch the first satellite into orbit as part of the International Geophysical Year, a cooperative global science project that ran from July 1957 to December 1958.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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