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Atmospheric Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry: a branch of atmospheric science in which the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets is studied. It is a multidisciplinary approach of research and draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling, oceanography, geology and volcanology and other disciplines. Examples of problems which have been addressed by atmospheric chemistry include acid rain, ozone depletion, photochemical smog, greenhouse gases and global warming. Atmospheric chemists seek to understand the causes of these problems, and by obtaining a theoretical understanding of them, allow possible solutions to be tested and the effects of changes in government policy evaluated.
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MAR 07, 2022Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snapped a photograph of a flower-like rock artifact on the surface of Mars. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 05, 2022Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published the first global view of the atmosphere of an ex ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 20, 2022Space & Astronomy
Thanks to continuing technological advancements in exoplanet detection methods, their discoveries are becoming a common ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
Mars, the fourth planet from our Sun. The Red Planet. From time immemorial, we have gazed at it in wonder and dreamed ab ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Scientists have traveled billions of years into the past to understand how life began on Earth. No one was around when l ...Written By: Hannah DanielFEB 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
Getting to Mars is hard. Really hard. Really, really hard. It’s so unbelievably hard, it takes years—often d ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 31, 2022Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars has always been known as a bone-dry world, incapable of possessing liquid water on its surface. This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2022Earth & The Environment
Researchers at NASA are learning more about the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano days after its deadly eruption. ...Written By: Hannah DanielJAN 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
NASA's Curiosity rover helps to discover unique carbon signatures on the surface of Mars. Is this possible evidence for ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JAN 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
Arriving at Jupiter in 2016, the NASA-funded Juno spacecraft has been beaming back the most detailed and jaw-dropping im ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 20, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a Perspective piece published this week in WIREs Climate Change, an international team of experts have decried solar ...Written By: Matthew LundyJAN 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
As it hurdles through space, NASA’s Webb telescope has successfully completed another step in its multi-month boot ...Written By: Matthew LundyJAN 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 28, 2021Space & Astronomy
After a long series of delays and pushbacks, the James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched into space this past C ...Written By: Matthew LundyDEC 27, 2021Health & Medicine
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the news recently. The United States Environmental Protection Ag ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 23, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Many of us played with magnets when we were children, and for some, it was the first scientific principle we learned. Ma ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 21, 2021Microbiology
There have been a few mass extinction events on our planet. One of them was apparently prolonged by microbes that were s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Humanity, through the arm of NASA and John Hopkins University scientists, engineers, and support staff, has achieved a s ...Written By: Matthew LundyDEC 10, 2021Plants & Animals
It’s that time of year again. Christmas trees are being bought from tree farms or pulled out of storage and fillin ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
One of the pivotal sets of data in understanding Earth's climate have been the EPICA ice cores from Antarctica, pieces o ...Written By: Matthew LundyDEC 06, 2021Technology
Oil spills at sea can be a devastating consequence of offshore drilling for fossil fuels. They can affect local plants a ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h ...Written By: Hannah Daniel
MAR 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snapped a photograph of a flower-like rock artifact on the surface of Mars.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 05, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published the first global view of the atmosphere of an ex
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Thanks to continuing technological advancements in exoplanet detection methods, their discoveries are becoming a common
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Mars, the fourth planet from our Sun. The Red Planet. From time immemorial, we have gazed at it in wonder and dreamed ab
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists have traveled billions of years into the past to understand how life began on Earth. No one was around when l
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
FEB 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Getting to Mars is hard. Really hard. Really, really hard. It’s so unbelievably hard, it takes years—often d
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 31, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars has always been known as a bone-dry world, incapable of possessing liquid water on its surface. This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at NASA are learning more about the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano days after its deadly eruption.
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JAN 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Curiosity rover helps to discover unique carbon signatures on the surface of Mars. Is this possible evidence for
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JAN 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Arriving at Jupiter in 2016, the NASA-funded Juno spacecraft has been beaming back the most detailed and jaw-dropping im
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 20, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a Perspective piece published this week in WIREs Climate Change, an international team of experts have decried solar
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JAN 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
As it hurdles through space, NASA’s Webb telescope has successfully completed another step in its multi-month boot
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JAN 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 28, 2021
Space & Astronomy
After a long series of delays and pushbacks, the James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched into space this past C
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
DEC 27, 2021
Health & Medicine
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the news recently. The United States Environmental Protection Ag
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 23, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Many of us played with magnets when we were children, and for some, it was the first scientific principle we learned. Ma
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 21, 2021
Microbiology
There have been a few mass extinction events on our planet. One of them was apparently prolonged by microbes that were s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Humanity, through the arm of NASA and John Hopkins University scientists, engineers, and support staff, has achieved a s
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
DEC 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
It’s that time of year again. Christmas trees are being bought from tree farms or pulled out of storage and fillin
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
One of the pivotal sets of data in understanding Earth's climate have been the EPICA ice cores from Antarctica, pieces o
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
DEC 06, 2021
Technology
Oil spills at sea can be a devastating consequence of offshore drilling for fossil fuels. They can affect local plants a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel