Eye in the sky: California spending $100M to track methane emissions with satellites
California will soon start using satellite technology to track down methane and other greenhouse gas emissions that may ...
If the Webb telescope detects these molecules, they may point to life
These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...
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Greenhouse Gases Decoded: Understanding Their Role in Climate Change
What Are Greenhouse Gases? Greenhouse gases are a group of compounds that can trap heat in the atmosphere, acting as a thermal blanket for the planet. This ability to absorb and emit infrared ...
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Earth’s orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the ...
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Even moderate CO2 emissions could lead to 7°C of warming by 2200
There's a small chance of very high warming even with moderate future emissions, according to a computer model exploring what ...
Coastal wetlands, champions of carbon capture, are believed to remove more greenhouse gases than they produce
Across the street from the Flamingo Visitor Center at the foot of Florida's Everglades National Park, there was once a thriving mangrove population—part of the largest stand of mangroves in the ...
Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...
Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," offer insight into carbon dioxide, NASA says
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
Earth’s 10 Hottest Years on Record Are the Last 10
A report from the World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first year to ...
Space collisions could become a bigger risk thanks to greenhouse gas pollution
Collisions are a growing risk as space gets more crowded, and greenhouse gas emissions could make things worse. Greenhouse ...