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Atmospheric Effects of Hunga Tonga Eruption Lingered for Years
Aug 22, 2024 · Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres On 15 January 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai erupted, unleashing a powerful tsunami …
Tidally Locked and Loaded with Questions - Eos
Feb 17, 2022 · Fig. 1. This illustration shows the gravitationally induced process by which a planet (or a moon) can become tidally locked to its host star (or planet).
Racist Slurs in Place-Names Have to Go, Say Geoscientists
Mar 19, 2021 · Content warning: This article contains examples of racist slurs used in federally recognized place-names.This language has been used to harass and discriminate against …
The Climate and Health Impacts of Gasoline and Diesel Emissions
Apr 28, 2020 · New research tallies the effects of gas- and diesel-burning vehicle emissions on the climate, as well as on human health. Together, the emissions cause more than 200,000 …
Massive Antarctic Icebergs May Calve at Random - Eos
Dec 20, 2024 · Source: Geophysical Research Letters Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change. Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the Delaware …
Satellites Can Accurately Take Earth’s Temperature - Eos
Sep 28, 2022 · Landsat observed land surface temperature over London on 7 July 2020. The River Thames and several water reservoirs are much cooler than the surrounding land and …
Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming …
Dec 9, 2024 · Astronomers later confirmed that the fireballs were space debris from the orbital module of a Chinese spacecraft called Shenzhou-15, first launched in November 2022.
How Did Life Recover After Earth’s Worst-Ever Mass Extinction?
Nov 1, 2018 · Ocean animals at the top of the food chain recovered first after a cataclysm at the end of the Permian period. The extinction was triggered by events resembling the changes …
New Perspectives on the Enigma of Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice
Feb 11, 2022 · An aqua and white iceberg, approximately 30 to 60 meters across, floats amid a field of sea ice in the Southern Ocean. Recent modeling experiments suggest that winds and …