This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere over the south pole. Green and white false colors represent the intensity of…
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Researchers link end of Green Sahara with Southeast Asia megadrought. Physical evidence found in caves in Laos helps tell a story about a connection between…
A 23-million-year-old leaf preserved in a onetime New Zealand lake bed, key to past atmospheric conditions. One can see veins, glands along the teeth, and…
Lidar shooting into the Antarctic night sky, Arrival Heights Observatory. Credit: Danny Hampton, Ian Geraghty, Zimu Li A University of Colorado Boulder-led team is the…
March 16, 2020 Two of Earth’s most colorful upper atmospheric phenomena, aurora and airglow, met just before dawn in this photo shot by an astronaut…
Airmen experience St. Elmo’s fire while flying a KC-10 aircraft into a thundercloud from an undisclosed location, March 22, 2017. St. Elmo’s fire occurs when…
This artist’s rendition shows how a Mars lidar could be deployed on a landed mission to Mars. Credit: NASA Insights and technology gleaned from creating…
The Light Detection and Ranging instrument, or LIDAR, is a remote sensing technique that uses light to study an object. Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA–S. Thoolen In a…
This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere. Green and white false colors represent the intensity of ultraviolet light, with white…
On September 18, 2017, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli shot this image from the International Space Station showing the Moon rising above the Earth’s horizon together…
Coastal elevation in California. Coastal zones, which are defined to be those with elevations less than 10 m, are shown in red. Segments of the…
A blazing sunset lights up the evening sky. Credit: NOAA Four years of research confidently narrows range of 1.5°C-4.5°C down to 2.3°C-3.9°C. The most advanced…
A commercial airplane on a runway. Weather forecasts have become less accurate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the reduction in commercial flights, according to…
The South Pole Telescope at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, with a bright aurora in July 2020. Credit: Geoff Chen Stars viewed from a…
The white microbial mats seen here are telltale signs of areas where methane may be released from underground methane deposits. Credit: Andrew Thurber Oregon State…
Potential geoengineering methods for injecting sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to create sulfuric acid clouds that limit global warming. Credit: AGU/Brian West The technology’s…
Still image cross-section showing the impact (inset) and aftermath (main picture) of a 3D simulation of a giant planetary impact using 100 million particles, colored…
Credit: Dr Dimitar Epihov 2 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Could be Absorbed From the Atmosphere Each Year by Applying Rock Dust to Farmland Adding crushed…
Holocene global mean surface temperature. Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, Northern Arizona University Comprehensive compilation of pre-historic temperature records shows that global warming is reaching levels…