New research uncovers the strongest solar event ever detected — rewriting our understanding of space weather and radiocarbon dating.
Gaia – Planetary Perspectives
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Ice Planet Update: State of the Cryosphere Report 2024 – Lost Ice, Global Damage
In the State of the Cryosphere 2024 – Lost Ice, Global Damage report, over 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn of vastly higher impacts and costs to the global economy given […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
Sunlight Unlocks Secrets As To How Earth Works
When our planet and the incoming sunlight align just right, stunning phenomena such as rainbows and halos can occur. More often, sunlight – or shortwave radiation – interacts with Earth […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Mars, Moon, Status Report
Earth’s Composition: Origin, Evolution and Energy Budget
One in every two atoms in the Earth, Mars, and the Moon is oxygen; it is the third most abundant element in the solar system.
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Conditional Diffusion-Based Retrieval of Atmospheric CO2 From Earth Observing Spectroscopy
Satellite-based estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) properties from observations of reflected solar spectra are integral for understanding and monitoring complex terrestrial systems and their impact on the carbon cycle due […]
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Echoes of “Avatar”: Spruce Trees Communicate During A Solar Eclipse
Editor’s note: In the “Avatar” film series the interconnectedness of trees and other life forms is at the core of Pandoran ecosystems. On Earth, large expanses of trees exists wich […]
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Biomass Mission: Weighing A Living Planet’s Forests
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a […]
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Melting Glaciers May Have Sped Up Continental Drift and Fueled Volcanic Eruptions
Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release, Tethys
How Earth’s Mantle Activity Drove Humans And Animals Into Asia And Africa
What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Immense Living Structures Seen From Orbit: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of one of the world’s natural wonders – the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.