Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year's ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an "ozone depleting area," reached a size of ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 5, 2023
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We're in the thick of Saharan dust storm season in South Florida, which is not all bad—these massive blobs of hot, dirty air roaming the Atlantic Ocean are also hurricane killers. Plus there are those pretty sunsets.
Earth Sciences
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The evolution of Earth's climate contains many components. And new research has shown just how critical the ozone layer is to the surface temperature of the Earth. Without an ozone layer, our planet would be 3.5 Kelvin cooler.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 14, 2023
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There are no plants, and only very few animals: people rarely come here. The large glaciers in Greenland have long been perceived as ice deserts. Gigantic ice sheets where conditions for life are extremely harsh.
Ecology
May 2, 2023
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The January 15, 2022 eruption of underwater Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano triggered a tsunami that flattened buildings, displaced residents, and resulted in at least four deaths across the islands of Tonga. The powerful ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2022
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The transition zone between the Earth's upper and lower mantle contains considerable quantities of water, according to an international study involving the Institute for Geosciences at Goethe University in Frankfurt. The ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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There is water in many places on Mars, including most of both polar ice caps—all in the frozen form.
Astronomy
Sep 26, 2022
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that water in a one-molecule layer acts like neither a liquid nor a solid, and that it becomes highly conductive at high pressures.
Nanophysics
Sep 14, 2022
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Astronauts live and work in orbit along with teeming populations of microorganisms, which could present a serious threat to health—and even the structural integrity of spacecraft. To help combat such invisible stowaways, ...
Space Exploration
May 23, 2022
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A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called "flood basalt eruptions" might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life from the sun's ultraviolet ...
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2022
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