As the leaders of the free world meet in Scotland's Glasgow this month, they will have a big challenge to steer the planet's survival as global warming and climate change unleash extreme events across the world. A new study shows how the continuous melting of the polar caps is leading to change in the shape of the planet in a …
A huge ice-covered lake in East Antarctic disappeared in less than a week, potentially due to climate change, a new study reveals. Researchers used radar images to track the rapid melting event at the Amery Ice Shelf, which occurred in June 2019, during the Antarctic winter. Landsat 8 images over the Southern Amery Ice Shelf show the ice-covered lake before …
While our moon shines brightest on the full moon nights, it will fade in comparison to the irradiated glow of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Electrons and other particles from the surface of Jupiter pummel onto Europa’s surface in a shower of high energy radiation. They not only informed what the moon would look like after the radiation, but also revealed details …
CNN — When the first astronauts land on Mars, they won’t be able to take everything they need with them. A new study published this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters shows a map of water ice that could be just an inch beneath the dusty surface. Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Mars Odyssey Orbiter have …
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