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Astronaut photographs elusive luminous event from far above Earth
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...
NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning 'Sprite' Light Show Above Earth's Atmosphere
Sprites are a type of TLE, which create brilliant flashes of light high above powerful thunderstorms and are difficult to ...
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Scientists Shed Light on the Mysterious ‘Cold Blob’ in the North Atlantic Amid a Search for Its Cause
In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...
Company's carbon credits raise questions about unproven ocean technology to fight global warming
A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon capture technology. The company says its patented particles grow algae ...
Old aerial photos give scientists a new tool to predict sea level rise
On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...
UK sees hottest day of the year so far and Turkey battles wildfires in Europe heatwave
This year it’ll be a hot, dry and sunny start to the Championships, but the wettest opening day was back in 1969 on 23 June ...
Ocean and atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic 'cold blob,' scientists find
A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...