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A brand new area instrument captures its first sunburst – Watts with it?
From NASA
May 17, 2021
For new sun-watching spaceships, the first sunburst is always something special.
On February 12, 2021, a little over a year after its launch, the European Space Agency and NASA's Solar Orbiter spotted this…
Huge stars combine hydrogen of their cores and make them pulsate each few hours or days
Main sequence stars fuse hydrogen in their cores. This is how they produce the energy they need to glow and prevent them from collapsing under their own weight. Since hydrogen is fused to form helium, there is less hydrogen available in…
Permafrost Carbon Suggestions Threatens World Local weather Objectives – Watts Up With That?
From the PNAS
abstract
The rapid warming of the Arctic has intensified the forest fires in the north and is thawing carbon-rich permafrost. Carbon emissions from permafrost thaws and forest fires in the Arctic, which are not fully…
Vibrant ejecta reveals a recent crater on Mars
Meteors hit much harder on Mars than on Earth. The lack of atmosphere obviously contributes to this, but its proximity to the asteroid belt also makes the red planet a more likely target for a gravitationally disturbed rock. Now that…
BBC Local weather Test – April 2021 – What’s up with it?
Reposted by NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT
May 16, 2021
By Paul Homewood
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/57116938
It is noticeable that the BBC's latest Climate Check is much more prudent than unusual. There is…
What’s the easiest way to water vegetation in area?
Humans have been constantly present in space on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than 20 years. It is our longest running and most comprehensive experiment in long-term space travel. However, the ISS is constantly supplied…
The Greenhouse Impact In A Water World – Watts Up With That?
by Bob Irvine
A knowledge of Greenhouse gases is fundamental to any understanding of global surface temperatures. The presence of GHGs in our atmosphere has increased the global surface temperature by about 33C.
There are multiple…
60 Years Later, is it Time to Replace the Drake Equation?
On November 1st, 1961, a number of prominent scientists converged on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, for a three-day conference. A year earlier, this facility had been the site of the first modern…
EPA updates its “Local weather Change Indicators” – what’s up with them?
From the MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN
May 13, 2021 / Francis Menton
It appears that at some point last month the EPA presented a major update of its so-called "Climate Change Indicators". The EPA's website is headed "Indicators of Climate…
Astronomers measure the background brightness of night time skies all over the world. Canary…
In the rich world it is becoming increasingly rare to be able to look up into a clear, dark sky. Authors, artists, and even scientists have raised concerns about what our lack of daily exposure to a dark night sky could mean for our…