Reducing pollution from shipping in 2020 led to a major “termination shock” in which the rate of global warming is estimated to be double the long-term average, according to the study. Until 2020, global shipping used dirty, high-sulfur fuels that caused air pollution. Pollution particles blocked sunlight and helped create more clouds, preventing global warming.… Read More »
Screenshot of a post taken on X on May 14, 2024 The same blue checking account, which has more than 70,000 followers, spread similar theories about extreme weather events in widely shared posts. Approximately 400 cities and towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were affected by heavy rains. Experts attribute the historic… Read More »
Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, capable of simulating many different parts of the overall system, such as the atmosphere or ocean. Many have been developed by hundreds of scientists over decades and are constantly being added to and improved upon. They can run more than a million… Read More »
NASA is preparing to send two small twin spacecraft around the world to collect data to help combat climate change. Shoebox-sized satellites in the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE), or “Cube satellites,” will blast off in Spring 2024. It will reach an altitude of between 292 and 403 miles (470 and… Read More »
A crucial system of ocean currents may be on its way to collapse, with alarming consequences for sea level rise and global weather, according to a new report; This can cause temperatures to drop dramatically in some areas and rise in others. Using extraordinarily complex and expensive computing systems, scientists have found a new way… Read More »
A crucial system of ocean currents may be on its way to collapse, with alarming consequences for sea level rise and global weather, according to a new report; This can cause temperatures to drop dramatically in some areas and rise in others. Using extraordinarily complex and expensive computing systems, scientists have found a new way… Read More »
Superstorms, sudden climate changes, and New York City is covered in ice. This is how the blockbuster Hollywood movie “The Day After Tomorrow” depicted the sudden closure of the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean and its disastrous consequences. While Hollywood’s vision was at its peak, the 2004 film raised a serious question: How sudden and… Read More »
NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Survey (EMIT) mission has produced the first comprehensive map of minerals found in Earth’s dust source regions. Created with data collected by an imaging spectrometer through November 2023. international space station (ISS) shows the precise locations of 10 important minerals based on how they reflect and absorb light. As… Read More »