Climate
Astrobiology Climate Change and Global Warming topics covering GISS, climate changes models, Ice sheets, Ice Age, ocean with silica, Arctic warming Sea Ice, Carbon Cycle, Jurassic Corals, Fossils, Extinct lakes, volcanic eruptions, Methane, Volcanoes, Greenland glaciers and much more…
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Aug 25, 2020A new study is helping scientists piece together the ancient climate of Mars by revealing how much rainfall and snowmelt filled its lake beds and river valleys 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago. -
Jul 29, 2020The trigger for “Snowball Earth” global ice ages may have been drops in incoming sunlight that happened quickly, in geological terms, according to an MIT study. -
Feb 14, 2020Is it possible that our notions of what makes a planet suitable for life are too limiting? Scientists are finding that the answer not only is yes, but that it’s yes under a range of surprising conditions compared to Earth. -
Jan 23, 2020New evidence has confirmed Australia’s Yarrabubba crater as the world’s oldest preserved impact structure - but did it thaw Earth and end an ice age? -
Dec 12, 2019Venus could tell us something vitally important about our planet: what happened to the superheated climate of our planetary twin, and what does it mean for life on Earth? -
Nov 14, 2019First study to combine 3D climate modeling with chemistry explores M dwarf planets -
Sep 23, 2019Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until a dramatic transformation starting over 700 million years ago resurfaced around 80% of the planet. -
Nov 24, 2018Large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane are being released from an Icelandic glacier, scientists have discovered. -
Nov 20, 2018Scientists use Hawaiian hot spot to study movement of Earth's poles. -
Oct 14, 2018Century-scale climate variability was enhanced when the Earth was warmer during the Last Interglacial period, according to a new study.
