A newly launched European-U.S. satellite designed to continue a decades-long record of tracking global sea levels has sent back its first measurements, NASA said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2020
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NOAA's 15th Arctic Report Card catalogs for 2020 the numerous ways that climate change continues to disrupt the polar region, with second-highest air temperatures and second-lowest summer sea ice driving a cascade of impacts, ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2020
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Weather systems responsible for transporting moisture from the tropics to temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere have been gradually shifting toward the South Pole for the past 40 years, a trend which could lead to ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2020
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Earth endured exceptional heat last month with October 2020 ranking fourth-hottest October on record.
Environment
Nov 16, 2020
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As the icy, ocean-filled moon Europa orbits Jupiter, it withstands a relentless pummeling of radiation. Jupiter zaps Europa's surface night and day with electrons and other particles, bathing it in high-energy radiation. ...
Astronomy
Nov 9, 2020
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The Moon was for a long time considered to be bone dry, with analyses of returned lunar samples from the Apollo missions showing only trace amounts of water. These traces were in fact believed to be due to contamination on ...
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2020
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Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once suspected, according to new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder. In some cases, these tiny patches of ice might ...
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2020
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Venus may harbour life some 50km above its surface, we learned a couple of weeks ago. Now a new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals that the best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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A small international team of researchers has found that phytoplankton resumes growing in Baffin Bay as early as February. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes how they deployed underwater ...
The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change has jumped by 50 percent in 30 years, according to a new study based on satellite data.
Environment
Sep 1, 2020
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