Amazon carbon emissions driven by human actions amplified by droughts
Sites, air sampling and analysis Here, we report CO2 and CO measurement results from the four Amazonian aircraft…
Wildfire smoke evolves as it drifts from wilderness to city
Key insights Decades of fire-suppression policies have left forests rife with fuel to burn; either through wildfires…
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…
How COVID shutdowns led to a methane surge
In the early 2020s, as societies around the world shut down to protect their people from the…
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…
Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars
Aplin, K. L. & Fischer, G. Lightning detection in planetary atmospheres. Weather 72, 46–50 (2017). Article ADS Google…
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…