Category: Earth

Atmospheric CO2 Just Hit a Peak Not Seen on Earth in 4 Million Years

Despite slim hopes that global shutdowns during the pandemic might bring respite from the climate crisis, yet more evidence confirms that no such silver lining exists. Newly released measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in fact show that concentrations of the heat-trapping chemical have surged to record levels not seen by scientists in the […]

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Northern Lights Could Be Visible Over Parts of the U.S. This Week | Travel + Leisure

The northern lights may be visible in the U.S. tonight and Thursday, from the Pacific Northwest to New England… Some of the world’s best places to see the northern lights — Iceland, Finland, and Sweden — are off-limits to international travelers, which makes this week even more of a treat for aurora chasers in the […]

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Earth Should Be Dry – An Unexpected Meteorite Discovery Reveals the Origin of Earth’s Vast Oceans – SciTechDaily

Meteorite material presumed to be devoid of water because it formed in the dry inner Solar System appears to have contained sufficient hydrogen to have delivered to Earth at least three times the mass of water in its oceans, a new study shows… More about this topic here in the link below… https://scitechdaily.com/earth-should-be-dry-an-unexpected-meteorite-discovery-reveals-the-origin-of-earths-vast-oceans/amp/

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Russian cosmonaut spots ‘space guests’ amid dazzling auroras in video. They’re not aliens. | Space

Space guests, or how I filmed the new time-lapse. The peak of aurora borealis when passing over the Antarctic in Australia’s longitude, meaning in between them. However, in the video, you will see something else, not only the aurora. pic.twitter.com/Hdiej7IbLU — Ivan Vagner (@ivan_mks63) August 19, 2020 https://www.space.com/russian-cosmonaut-space-guests-video-from-station.html

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Digital Information Threatens to Consume The Planet’s Mass, Physicist Claims

The world could be headed for an ‘information catastrophe’ as the rate of production of digital bits continues to accelerate with no sign of stopping, new research suggests… More about this article in the link below… https://www.sciencealert.com/digital-information-threatens-to-consume-the-planet-s-mass-physicist-calculates

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