Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...
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How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...
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Summary of the Second OMI–TROPOMI Science Team Meeting
TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) Science Team (ST) meeting was held June 3–6, 2024. The meeting used a hybrid ...
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'Future Earth' discovered by scientists hints at the humbling fate of our planet
Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a dead star 4,000 light years from here, giving us a humbling glimpse into Earth's likely fate.Published in Nature Astronomy, the planet, ...
Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions
Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon ...
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Earth from space: Giant 'phantom lake' dotted with stripy gold islands shimmers in Australian outback
A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...
Planetary Boundaries framework gains traction in sustainability science
The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity's future ...
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Earth's Greatest Ice Age Really Did Bring Ice Sheets To The Equator
Stephen has a science degree with a major in physics ... Immense glaciers once covered the entire Earth, reaching even the ...
Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...
Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak – it’s a missing link
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...
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Pioneering Planetary Boundaries science as key to mitigating rising planetary risks
The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity's future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries is now ...
Asteroid Apophis Will Endure Quakes and Surface Shifts During 2029 Earth Flyby
A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.