Climate
Satellite Measurements Show That Global Carbon Emissions are Still Rising
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), human activities have significantly impacted the planet.…
Can the Gaia Hypothesis Be Tested in the Lab?
During the 1970s, inventor/environmentalist James Lovelock and evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis proposed the Gaia Hypothesis. This theory posits that Earth…
NASA Launches a New Mission to Study the Effects of Climate Change
NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite successfully launched and reached on Thursday, February 10th. The mission took off…
Early Mars Climate was Complex, with Streams Flowing Intermittently for Millions of Years
There's overwhelming evidence that Mars was once wet and warm. Rivers flowed across its surface and carved intricate channel systems…
NASA Confirms that 2023 was the Hottest Year on Record
After analyzing the temperature data from 2023, NASA has concluded that it was the hottest year on record. This will…
It Doesn't Take Much to Get a Runaway Greenhouse Effect
During the 1960s, the first robotic explorers began making flybys of Venus, including the Soviet Venera 1 and the Mariner…
No Surprise, July 2023 Was the Hottest Month on Record Since 1880
In case you missed it, the weather's been hot. From warmer-than-usual temperatures in northern climes to melting ice sheets in…
We’ve Never Seen Antarctic Sea Ice This Low
While many people are living through a sweltering summer, it's the depths of winter in Antarctica. Usually, this means there's…
Follow a Simulated Journey of the Destruction of ESA’s Aeolus Mission
On July 28th, the European Space Agency commanded its long-working Aeolus wind profile mission to re-enter Earth's atmosphere. It did…
Tether a Sunshade to an Asteroid to Slow Down Climate Change
It probably comes as no surprise to people suffering through drastic weather this year that our planet is heating up.…