Tag: atmospheric

Puffy planets lose atmospheres, become super-Earths: Finding represents first detections of atmospheric loss in

Astronomers have identified two different cases of "mini-Neptune" planets that are losing their puffy atmospheres and likely transforming into super-Earths. Radiation from the planets'...

Smoke from nuclear war would devastate ozone layer, alter climate: Atmospheric impacts of global nuclear war would be more severe than previously thought

The massive columns of smoke generated by a nuclear war would alter the world's climate for years and devastate the ozone layer, endangering both...

Atmospheric rivers increase snow mass in West Antarctica: New satellite enabled detailed measurement of extreme precipitation events

A new study published today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters used NASA's ice-measuring laser satellite to identify atmospheric river storms as a key...

How iodine-containing molecules contribute to the formation of atmospheric aerosols, affect climate

As part of a worldwide collaboration, Carnegie Mellon University chemists have helped discover that iodic acids can rapidly form aerosol particles in the atmosphere,...

Failed storage tanks pose atmospheric risks during disasters: Rice study models how spilled chemicals likely spread during Ike, Harvey

When aboveground storage tanks fail during a storm and their toxic contents spread, the threat to human health can and probably will flow downwind...

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