Climate
Dust From the Moon Could Help the Shade the Earth and Slow Down Climate Change
A new study considers how lunar dust launched from the surface of the Moon could help reverse Climate Change.
NASA Satellites can Pinpoint the Exact Locations of Excessive CO2 Emissions
Using data from two climate monitoring satellites, a group led by Canadian researchers tracked carbon emissions from a single coal…
Seen From Space: Sand Dunes on Mars Covered by Frost
Seasonal changes on Mars lead to all kinds of interesting features that astronauts will have a chance to explore soon!
A Supercomputer Climate Model is so Accurate it Predicted the Weather Patterns Seen in the Famous 1972 “Blue Marble” Image of Earth
The "Blue Marble" was one of the most iconic pictures of the Apollo era. Taken by the astronauts of Apollo…
To Fight Climate Change, We Could Block the Sun. A Lightweight Solar Sail Could Make it Feasible
Can we build an enormous umbrella to dim the Sun? Such a feat would be a megaproject on a scale…
NASA is Mapping Giant Clouds of Methane Released by “Super-Emitters” Across the World
Everybody's heard of methane. It's a major part of the atmosphere in places like Uranus and Neptune. On Earth, it's…
27 to 78 cm of sea Level Rise Could be Locked in From Melting Greenland ice Caps
Recent climate research, published in the Nature Climate Change journal has confirmed that melting icecaps in Greenland will contribute a…
Alaska Has New Lakes. Unfortunately, They’re Releasing a lot of Methane
A NASA scientist is finding newly formed lakes in Alaska that are belching greenhouse gases at a high rate. The…
Climate Change is Making the Skies Worse for Astronomy
Light pollution. Satellite trains and radio frequency interference. Encroaching civilization. These all pose threats to ground-based astronomy. But, did anyone…
MIT Researchers Propose Space Bubbles to Stop Climate Change
Climate change is a real problem. Human caused outputs of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the main…