New Scientist

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A "negative greenhouse effect" means rising concentrations of CO2 and methane have slightly cooled parts of Antarctica’s upper atmosphere, but that could change as the air becomes more humid

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2024

In addition to investigating new ways to control methane emissions, scientists are also researching the possibility of removing methane already in the atmosphere. Those issues are explored in a new report by researchers at the Sabin Center, Removing Methane via Atmospheric Oxidation Enhancement: The Legal Landscape.

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Changing the ocean’s chemical and biological makeup could force it to pull vast amounts of planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere. But is that a line we want to cross?

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Though atmospheric river storms are dreaded for the damage they can cause, they are also essential to the western U.S.’s ’s water supply, particularly in California

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Earth 911

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The post Earth911 Podcast: Spout CEO Reuben Vollmer Introduces A Countertop Atmospheric Water Harvesting Appliance appeared first on Earth911. The water crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet, with climate.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Carbon dioxide gas found throughout the atmosphere of Callisto hints it has a complex carbon cycle – akin to the one which on Earth helps to sustain life

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The stratosphere seems to be full of aluminium particles and other metals that come from spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, and those particles could mess up polar clouds

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Scientific American

MAY 9, 2024

Milestone observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal signs of an atmosphere on the inhospitably hot super-Earth 55 Cancri e

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 15, 2023

When springtime comes to Uranus's moons, the increased sunlight may cause ices on the surface to turn into gases, which would create tenuous temporary atmospheres

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New Scientist

JANUARY 18, 2024

An attempt to land on the moon has ended in failure – Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander was brought back to Earth to burn up as it plummeted through the atmosphere

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Physics World

JUNE 17, 2022

Levels of helium-4 in the Earth’s atmosphere have been increasing since at least 1974, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, US that resolves a longstanding anomaly in atmospheric science. When the gas is extracted and burned, the helium is released into the atmosphere.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Signatures of ionized calcium in the upper atmosphere of an ultra-hot, Jupiter-like exoplanet have been found by international team of astronomers led by Emily Deibert at the University of Toronto. days and this stellar transit is visible from Earth, making WASP-76b an ideal candidate for atmospheric analysis.

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The fungal pathogen that causes valley fever is thriving in the American West—and intensifying atmospheric rivers could be to blame

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Atmosphere 110

Physics World

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tiny particles of plastic in the atmosphere can affect Earth’s climate, according to Laura Revell at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and colleagues. Yet even as airborne microplastics become an ever-larger part of the mix of atmospheric aerosols, their radiative influence is still virtually unknown. Altitude matters.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A new analysis of satellite data finds that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in wetlands, combined with a slight decrease in atmospheric hydroxide (OH). Read the full story from North Carolina State University.

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Physics World

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pluto is less than 20% of the diameter of Earth and is on average six billion kilometres away, yet astronomers have been able to study its tenuous atmosphere since the 1980s. They chat about the joys of making new observations of Pluto’s evolving atmosphere, often by chasing its shadow here on Earth.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 11, 2023

California has been hit by repeated storms fueled by torrents of moisture called atmospheric rivers that will only intensify in a warming climate.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Scientists at Osaka City University (OCU) have therefore explored the properties of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP) to induce direct bone regeneration within damaged bones. While typical plasmas have estimated temperatures of around 10,000 K, NTAPP can be generated at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tsunamis trigger atmospheric disturbances that are picked up by GPS satellites – and an AI-powered monitoring system that detects the signals could alert us before the tsunami reaches coastal areas

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 6, 2023

Industries dependent on marine resources, such as fisheries and tourism, face significant threats from this environmental degradation.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Astronomers analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted signs of chemical reactions driven by star light in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 14, 2023

By Bob Berwyn The latest atmospheric river surging into California probably won’t result in worst-case flooding, state water officials and scientists said Monday. More frequent and moisture laden weather surges highlight how California’s wet and dry cycles are being sharpened by the warming climate.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The Mauna Loa Observatory has kept a nearly uninterrupted record of atmospheric carbon dioxide for more than 60 years, but a volcanic eruption has cut off power

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In this blog, I explain the science behind these extreme weather events and pinpoint how additional heat-trapping emissions in Earth’s atmosphere are responsible. The Earth is warming The burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in pollutants such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution began in the 1800s.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2024

Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published 24 July in Nature. Read the full story from the University of Birmingham.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We knew earthquakes and heavy rain could initiate landslides, but now it seems alterations in atmospheric pressure can do it too if combined with certain conditions on the ground

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Atmosphere 88

New Scientist

MARCH 27, 2023

Many researchers thought the worlds orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 would have thick atmospheres, but new observations of one of them show that it doesn’t

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This claustrophobia-inducing image is taken from photographer Martin Broen's new book Light in the Underworld, a collection of shots from the Yucatán’s cenotes, or sinkholes

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet

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Atmosphere 125

New Scientist

AUGUST 25, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope has made the first clear detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant world, and there is also an unexpected bump in the data

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 21, 2023

A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Read the full story from e360. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 29, 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) anticipates releasing the Draft Designation Documents for the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Experts have however now determined … Continue reading Atmospheric blocking slows ocean-driven melting of Greenland’s largest glacier tongue

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New Scientist

JUNE 27, 2022

Worlds that hold onto their dense primordial atmospheres of hydrogen and helium may stay warm enough to maintain liquid water on their surfaces, even without starlight

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 30, 2024

When … Continue reading Defunct satellites burning up in the atmosphere could damage the ozone layer. The growing swarm is already causing problems for astronomers, but recent research has raised another question: what happens when they start to come down? Here’s how

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Read the full story from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Climate change is having an increasing impact on the structure of Earth’s atmosphere, a new international study shows.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 12, 2024

National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research. The laws of thermodynamics dictate that a warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, but new research has found that atmospheric moisture has not increased as expected over arid and semi-arid regions of the world as the climate has warmed.

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