Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate
Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the ...
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What Is Earth's Atmosphere? Everything You Need to Know
It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...
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Why our climate future depends on Antarctica
Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...
As unsettled weather continues, here's when storms may return to Central and South Texas
Texas will experience multiple rounds of severe weather over the next few days, with large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes possible.
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Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate
As Sputnik hit the upper atmosphere at incredible speed ... together how this space debris might be damaging the ozone layer, the climate and even human health. We still don’t know how much ...
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Three NASA satellites are dying. Their end could disrupt climate data.
The looming demise of three NASA satellites has scientists bracing for the loss of climate and atmospheric data — especially ...
With fewer weather balloons after government staffing cuts, forecasts may be less accurate
Some weather balloon launches have been suspended because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service.
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Charting the effect of climate change on solar project hail risk
Individual storms can cause tens of millions in damage to installations, demonstrating the vulnerability of critical ...
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The enigma of Trappist-1 b: a thick atmosphere or airless rock?
Thermal emission measurements from the exoplanet Trappist-1 b suggest two plausible yet contradictory scenarios ...
How do clouds get their shapes? A scientist explains how they help forecast weather
How are clouds’ shapes made? A scientist explains the different cloud types and how they help forecast the weather. Just4Kids.
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How Big is the Atmosphere?
The layers of the atmosphere shown to scale and a discussion of what happens at each layer. The layers in order from the ground up: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and the ...