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Atmosphere
The atmosphere consists of a layer of gas surrounding a planet. It is held in place by the gravitational forces of the planet itself. The atmosphere of Earth contains nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases.
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APR 13, 2021Earth & The Environment
Agriculturalists across Europe are tense with worry for their crops. After a temptingly warm weather week at the end of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 12, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists has found that each year, 5,200 tons of dust falls from space to Earth. This far out ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
There are currently around 900,000 pieces of man-made space junk orbiting Earth- mostly from now-defunct satellit ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 09, 2021Earth & The Environment
A study published in Nature Geoscience reports new findings on the effects that erosion has on the carbon cycle. The stu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 07, 2021Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in Nature Geoscience suggests the need to reconsider the sources of methane entering our atmo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 07, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In a new study published in JACS Au, Osaka University researchers report having developed a single-crystal cobalt phosph ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new study, led by, has yielded the first-ever multi-year ambient PM2.5 dataset in Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The team d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 02, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A comprehensive study published in the journal Aerosol Science and Technology reports on the filtration efficiency of a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
Until now, astronomers had detected X-rays from every planet in our solar system apart from the two Ice Giants: Uranus a ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 01, 2021Earth & The Environment
Climate change strikes again - literally. New findings from a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Researchers from Penn State are looking to deep learning to act as a method for improving air quality predictions. The r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles sheds fresh light on the inner workings of the g ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Although everyone’s relieved to see the snow melting into springtime, have you ever thought about what snowflakes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Many years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to catch a glimpse of amazing auroras that occur on Jupiter. Now res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research pinpoints when we can expect the ocean to turn from a CFC sink into a CFC source. CFCs are ozone-depleting ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 11, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A team from the University of Sydney's School of Civil Engineering has designed a method to improve the recycling of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 09, 2021Plants & Animals
Many issues plague the iconic orcas of the Pacific Northwest United States, including declining salmon populations. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
For the first time, researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have found evidence of tectonic activity on a ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 05, 2021Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
APR 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Agriculturalists across Europe are tense with worry for their crops. After a temptingly warm weather week at the end of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 12, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists has found that each year, 5,200 tons of dust falls from space to Earth. This far out
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
There are currently around 900,000 pieces of man-made space junk orbiting Earth- mostly from now-defunct satellit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 09, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study published in Nature Geoscience reports new findings on the effects that erosion has on the carbon cycle. The stu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 07, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in Nature Geoscience suggests the need to reconsider the sources of methane entering our atmo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 07, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In a new study published in JACS Au, Osaka University researchers report having developed a single-crystal cobalt phosph
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new study, led by, has yielded the first-ever multi-year ambient PM2.5 dataset in Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The team d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 02, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A comprehensive study published in the journal Aerosol Science and Technology reports on the filtration efficiency of a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Until now, astronomers had detected X-rays from every planet in our solar system apart from the two Ice Giants: Uranus a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 01, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Climate change strikes again - literally. New findings from a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers from Penn State are looking to deep learning to act as a method for improving air quality predictions. The r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles sheds fresh light on the inner workings of the g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Although everyone’s relieved to see the snow melting into springtime, have you ever thought about what snowflakes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Many years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to catch a glimpse of amazing auroras that occur on Jupiter. Now res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research pinpoints when we can expect the ocean to turn from a CFC sink into a CFC source. CFCs are ozone-depleting
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 11, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A team from the University of Sydney's School of Civil Engineering has designed a method to improve the recycling of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
Many issues plague the iconic orcas of the Pacific Northwest United States, including declining salmon populations.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
For the first time, researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have found evidence of tectonic activity on a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet