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Atmospheric river: Definition, relationship to hurricanes, potential benefits, and more FAQs answered
Atmospheric rivers are defined as rivers of water vapor in the sky. They can bring heavy rain or sn…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon dioxide in a distant world's atmosphere for the first time
Using Webb's powerful instruments, researchers found carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet a…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Despite global emissions falling 7% in 2020, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at its highest level in modern history
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is 50% higher than in preindustrial times. Every year, the worl…
Matty Merritt, Morning Brew
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Earth's stratosphere has been shrinking for 40 years. That could one day screw with orbiting satellites.
The stratosphere - the layer of Earth's atmosphere between 7.5 and 31 miles up - is shrinking due t…
Aylin Woodward
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The atmosphere on Twitter is about to change dramatically
We HAVE to be able to tell each other the truth, and the truth that everybody in the world knows is…
Rob Price
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Solar Winds may have led Mars lose its atmosphere, says study
While factors like the existence of a moderately warm, moist atmosphere and liquid water determi…
PTI
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor on hot, Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant star
NASA's new telescope is already peering into the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. This …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found
Researchers traced the metals back to rockets and satellites, and believe the objects could be chan…
Sonam Sheth,Jessica Orwig
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An 'atmospheric river' is about to dump a ton of rain and snow on the West Coast - here's what an atmospheric river actually is
An atmospheric river is scheduled to cause severe rain and possible flooding in parts of California…
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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Satellites burning up in our atmosphere may not be as harmless as first thought
Satellites burning in our atmosphere leave metal particles in the stratosphere, and scientists don'…
Marianne Guenot
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The Newest NASA Mars Mission Is Already Unraveling The Mystery Of Mars' Missing Atmosphere
The spacecraft also captured a map of the abundance of ozone across the planet. On Earth, ozone is …
Jessica Orwig
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Atmospheric data collection tool Radio-Sonde launched from ISRO centre at Samba
Using hydrogen-filled balloons, the scientists record atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind d…
PTI
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A new NASA probe finds "abundant" water in Jupiter's atmosphere
The largest planet in our solar system may not be as dry as earlier shown by a NASA probe, accordin…
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A failed Russian rocket stage crashed to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere over the Pacific
The rocket stage from Russia's Angara-A5 rocket was meant to stay in orbit for thousands of years, …
Kate Duffy
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California expects another 'atmospheric river' as the meteorological term becomes part of West Coast lexicon
The term, coined in 1994, describes a sort of "river in the sky" and increasingly appears in news s…