Fact check: Global warming caused by human activity, not solar winds or weakened magnetic field – USA TODAY
The claim: Global warming is occurring because of solar winds and changes in Earth’s magnetic field Solar winds consist of charged particles emitted by the sun. Earth’s magnetic field – generated by churning, molten iron in the planet’s core – prevents most of…
Analysis | The climate bill won’t stop global warming. But it will clean the air. – The Washington Post
Listen 11 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article The higher temperatures observed today across the world, implicated in everything from extreme heat to drought and worsening wildfires, are the result of many decades of rising greenhouse gas emissions…
Enceladusâ ocean not too salty for life
A new study shows that the subsurface ocean on Enceladus is less salty than oceans on Earth. This bolsters the chances of Enceladus’ ocean supporting life.
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Analysis | The U.S. plan to avoid extreme climate change is running out of time – The Washington Post
July 18, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Historical U.S. greenhouse gas emissions Billion tons CO₂e U.S. emissions dropped because of the pandemic. President Biden’s pledge Note: Chart shows the center of a range of projected emissions under current U.S. policies…
In Case of Climate Emergency: Deploying Space Bubbles To Block Out the Sun – SciTechDaily
If climate change has already gone too far, what could be our emergency solutions? Credit: MIT “Space Bubbles” – The Deflection of Solar Radiation Using Thin-Film Inflatable Bubble Rafts An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Does tropical ozone hole exist? Experts are divided
Tropical ozone hole is about seven times larger than Antarctica and it appears across all seasons
MIT believes its ‘space bubbles’ could reverse climate change – TweakTown
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Senseable City Lab (SCL) has unveiled a new concept its calling “space bubbles.” Space bubbles would be a form of geoengineering, also known as climate engineering, but not one that focuses directly on Earth-bound…
How Does Climate Change Affect Hurricanes? – The New York Times
Researchers are unsure about whether human-caused climate change will mean longer or more active hurricane seasons in the future, but there is broad agreement on one thing: Global warming is changing storms. Scientists say that unusually warm Atlantic surface temperatures…
Space Tourism is Heavily Contributing to Global Warming, Reveals Study | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com – The Weather Channel
Representational Image (SpaceX/Twitter) The recent race for space tourism by Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX with several rocket launches is harming the climate and contributing to global warming, according to a study. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and…
Climate change could lead to a dramatic temperature-linked decrease in essential omega-3 fatty acids, according to new study – EurekAlert
image: MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Henry Holm pumping seawater for lipid samples from beneath sea ice on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, 2018. This is for a WHOI-led study that conducted a global survey of lipids in the ocean in order to…
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