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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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AUG 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
How do powerful geomagnetic storms from the Sun influence the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what two separate studie ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars has several similarities with Earth, including extinct volcanoes, dry lake beds, and active dust storms, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
There have been several recent instance instances of sudden and severe turbulence on flights that has caused serious inj ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center has issued a forecast for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
The world's weather patterns can be strongly affected by the temperature of the surface of the Equatorial Pacific Oc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
Climate change is bearing down on us; temperatures are constantly being made and broken, and severe storms and flooding ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
There is broad scientific consensus that high levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to reveal the secrets of the universe every time it operates, i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can an exoplanet’s weather be mapped similar to weather on Earth and even some of the gas giants in our solar syst ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
And experts say that this historical deluge had absolutely nothing to do with cloud seeding efforts in the region.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much oxygen does Jupiter’s moon, Europa, produce, and what can this teach us about its subsurface liquid water ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
While Earth remains the only known world with bodies of liquid water on its surface, there are a myriad of worlds within ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
It's thought that about 700 MYA, Earth experienced its most dramatic ice age climate, in which the entire planet was com ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2024Space & Astronomy
One of the most crucial steps—if not the most crucial step—in safely returning astronauts to the Earth from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 26, 2024Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can coral bleaching impact aquatic life, overall? This is what a recent study published in Communications Biology ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2024Space & Astronomy
Landing on planetary bodies is both risky and hard, and landing humans is even riskier and harder. This is why technolog ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
What impact do algae have on the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biolog ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 02, 2024Space & Astronomy
A mission more than a decade in the making, NASA’s Europa Clipper is slated to greatly expand our understanding of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can back-to-back atmospheric rivers impact the economy? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do powerful geomagnetic storms from the Sun influence the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what two separate studie
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars has several similarities with Earth, including extinct volcanoes, dry lake beds, and active dust storms,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There have been several recent instance instances of sudden and severe turbulence on flights that has caused serious inj
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center has issued a forecast for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The world's weather patterns can be strongly affected by the temperature of the surface of the Equatorial Pacific Oc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is bearing down on us; temperatures are constantly being made and broken, and severe storms and flooding
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There is broad scientific consensus that high levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to reveal the secrets of the universe every time it operates, i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can an exoplanet’s weather be mapped similar to weather on Earth and even some of the gas giants in our solar syst
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
And experts say that this historical deluge had absolutely nothing to do with cloud seeding efforts in the region.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much oxygen does Jupiter’s moon, Europa, produce, and what can this teach us about its subsurface liquid water
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
While Earth remains the only known world with bodies of liquid water on its surface, there are a myriad of worlds within
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
It's thought that about 700 MYA, Earth experienced its most dramatic ice age climate, in which the entire planet was com
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2024
Space & Astronomy
One of the most crucial steps—if not the most crucial step—in safely returning astronauts to the Earth from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 26, 2024
Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can coral bleaching impact aquatic life, overall? This is what a recent study published in Communications Biology ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Landing on planetary bodies is both risky and hard, and landing humans is even riskier and harder. This is why technolog
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What impact do algae have on the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biolog
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 02, 2024
Space & Astronomy
A mission more than a decade in the making, NASA’s Europa Clipper is slated to greatly expand our understanding of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can back-to-back atmospheric rivers impact the economy? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc