#Atmosphere

JJ Shavit

Fastest carbon dioxide catcher is 99% efficient, lightning fast, and easily recyclable

Researchers have developed a new carbon capture system which removes CO2 directly from the atmosphere with unprecedented performance.

JJ Shavit

Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

Hydrogen and oxygen escaping from Earth’s upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water.

JJ Shavit

NASA's Juno offers first 3D view of Jupiter's atmosphere

New findings from NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet's distinctive and colorful cloud processes.

JJ Shavit

Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away

Researchers from Chile directly measure the amount of both water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of a planet in another solar system.

Joshua Shavit

How asteroid, comet strikes may have delayed evolution of Earth's atmosphere

2.5 to 4 billion years ago, a time known as the Archean eon, Earth’s weather could often be described as cloudy with a chance of asteroids.

JJ Shavit

How would nuclear war impact global climate change and food supplies?

Nuclear war would cause many immediate fatalities, but smoke from the resulting fires would also cause climate change lasting up to 15 years

JJ Shavit

Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on the moon

Tiny iron nanoparticles unlike any found naturally on Earth are nearly everywhere on the moon—and scientists are trying to understand why.