Increase in global warming potential of atmospheric black carbon since 1750
Jacobson, M. Z. Strong radiative heating due to the mixing state of black carbon in atmospheric aerosols. Nature…
Peptides may persist in Venusian clouds
In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have long focused on one key ingredient: liquid water.…
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope solves the mystery of a planet that survived its Sun’s death |
A white dwarf is usually thought of as the quiet remnant left behind after a star has exhausted…
Scientists Stunned As Volcano Removes Methane From the Air
The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption on January 15, 2022. Image taken from a video of the eruption.…
Atmospheric warming contributions from airborne microplastics and nanoplastics
Thompson, R. C. et al. Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?. Science 386, 6720 (2024).…
The Ozone Layer Is Healing, But There’s a Hidden Catch
Unexpected leaks from industrial chemicals are slowing the ozone layer’s recovery. Cutting these emissions could help the ozone…
Horizontal transport as a source of disequilibrium chemistry on the nightside of a hot exoplanet
Showman, A. P., Tan, X. & Parmentier, V. Atmospheric dynamics of hot giant planets and brown dwarfs. Space…
Ozone-derived carbonyls indoors could pose a risk to heart health
Ozone ranks high on the list of hazardous indoor air pollutants. But the highly reactive molecule not…
Horizontal and vertical exoplanet thermal structure from a JWST spectroscopic eclipse map
We applied two complementary spectroscopic eclipse mapping methods to the data: Eigenspectra7 and ThERESA29. We used two methods…
Uncertain climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen
arising from: C. Gong et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07714-4 (2024). The net climate effect of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen (Nr)…
Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-I) may be associated with nuclear testing and reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena
This study provided a preliminary test of hypothesized associations between short-lived star-like transients identified in POSS-I sky survey…