Mars’ small size limited its habitability

Mars was once a wet and habitable world, so what happened to change that? According to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, Mars’ small size is likely to blame for why it lost most of its water and atmosphere.

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Climate Change Will Alter Cooling Effects of Volcanic Eruptions – Eos

Volcanic eruptions can have a massive effect on Earth’s climate. Volcanic ash and gases from the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia, for example, contributed to 1816 being the “year without a summer,” with crop failures and famines across the…

Obstacles abound in global effort to cut methane – E&E News

President Biden and European Union leaders want the rest of the world to join them in a new campaign to slash methane emissions. If successful, the initiative could go a long way toward blunting the impact of the planet-warming gas…

Planets are born in cosmic organic soups

Astronomers have found that planets form in cosmic soups of organic molecules. These soups have different ingredients, leading to a wide diversity of planets.

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Global warming or heating: What is behind climate change | Daily Sabah – Daily Sabah

Following the wildfires all over the world, climate change and the melting of glaciers have once more become current issues on the global agenda. However, what is surprising is that some who raised hell while warning about global cooling a…

The Gratuitous Global Warming Alarmism In ‘Reminiscence’ – RealClearMarkets

X Story Stream recent articles The sci-fi noir movie Reminiscence will likely be remembered mainly for having the worst opening all time for a major studio release, but what I found most interesting is the gratuitous alarmism. The movie is nowhere near…

The Greatest Technological Hurdle to Making Nuclear Fusion Possible – the Magnet – Just Powered Up

The superconducting magnets which could be a key to powering an efficient nuclear fusion reactor were just turned on in the labs of an American firm. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS_ generated an electrical field of 20 tesla—the most powerful ever created on Earth; 50,000 times-stronger than the magnetosphere—for five hours. This gave scientists at CFS […]

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Readers’ Forum, Sept. 9, 2021: Climate warming not an emergency – Terre Haute Tribune Star

Climate warming not an emergency A letter by Kevin Christ published in your Aug. 23 edition asserts that climate prediction models, which have been the basis for the Global Warming/Climate Change hysteria, “have been remarkably accurate.” Nothing could be further…

U.N. Tells Australia To Shutter Its Coal Industry In 10 Years

Reminding us of what a difference a year makes was yesterday’s exhortation by UN Climate Action Team head Selwyn Hart, that Australia abandons coal by 2030. That means replacing electricity from coal that, despite facing incessant government penalties, provides two-thirds of…

Why Climate Policy Should Be Built On Resilience, Not Delusion

I was infinitely more fortunate than many, many people, but my Wednesday evening still did not go entirely as planned. I emerged from a cinema to find a downpour, the subway down, and that cabs were nowhere to be seen. Passing on…