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Breach of key global warming threshold 'inevitable' as carbon emissions hit record high
By Ben Turner published
At the current emissions level, there is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius consistently in about seven years, new research suggests.
NASA and India's debut climate satellite to launch in 2024. Here's what it'll do.
By Rahul Rao published
The NISAR satellite, a collaboration between NASA and India's space agency ISRO, will help scientists monitor how climate change is affecting Earth's varied landscapes.
The 'safe' threshold for global warming will be passed in just 6 years, scientists say
By Sascha Pare published
New research suggests we have just six years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and two decades to keep temperatures below the 2 C threshold in the Paris Agreement.
James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
By Stephanie Pappas published
The discovery of seemingly home-grown carbon dioxide suggests Europa's ice-covered ocean could be habitable.
James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world
By Harry Baker published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.
Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions
By Sascha Pare published
The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.
Earth's thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar storms
By Harry Baker published
The atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by geomagnetic storms triggered by the sun, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching.
Venus has thousands more volcanoes than we thought, and they might be active
By Harry Baker published
Researchers have mapped out at least 85,000 volcanoes on Venus' surface, and recent findings suggest that some of them are likely active.
Global CO2 emissions are cooking the planet and 'show no sign of decreasing,' report warns
By Joshua A. Krisch published
Staving off the worst impacts of climate change means preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. But CO2 emissions are so high that we are slated to cross that line within a decade.
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