Climate Change

Weekly Space Hangout – January 24, 2014: LEGO Mars Rover & the Supernova We Missed in the Star Party!

Host: Fraser Cain Special Guests: Stephen Pakbaz, designer of the LEGO Mars Rover Kit, and Ray Sanders from CosmoQuest, who…

8 years ago

Dusty, Windy And Damp: Five NASA Probes To Hunt Down Climate Change in 2014

How badly will climate change affect our planet? Different models tell us different things, and that's partly because we need…

8 years ago

Latest Data Shows Global Climate Continues Warming Trend

The latest statistics are in from 2013 and both NASA’s and NOAA’s measurements of global temperatures show Earth continued to…

8 years ago

Global Warming Explained in 52 Seconds

We are awash in the unseen, the unknown and the unexplained. Our Universe is enshrouded in mystery. Even what we…

8 years ago

Earth and Climate: Two Scenarios of Our Planet in 2100 AD

The Earth is warming up. Ocean temperatures are rising. Arctic sea ice is melting. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are growing.…

8 years ago

Could The U.S. Government Shutdown Hammer Earth and Mars Missions?

As Day 2 of the United States government shutdown continues, some short-term effects are already in evidence when it comes…

8 years ago

Podcast: Climate Change

When it comes to carbon dioxide, just a little goes a long way to warming the planet. Unfortunately, we’ve been…

8 years ago

Happy (or is it Merry?) Aphelion This Friday

This 4th of July weekend brings us one more reason to celebrate. On July 5th at approximately 11:00 AM EDT/15:00…

8 years ago

NASA’s Operation IceBridge Surveys Greenland and Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets

NASA's Operation IceBridge has begun the 2013 research season of Ice Science flights in Greenland and the Arctic to survey…

9 years ago

Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea

An "ice island" that calved from the Petermann Glacier in July is seen by NASA satellite (MODIS/Terra) Remember that enormous…

9 years ago