Weather and climate modelers understand pretty well how seasonal winds and ocean currents affect El Niño patterns in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, impacting weather across the United States and […]
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Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Press Release
The Key Factors Controlling the Seasonality of Planetary Climate
Several different factors influence the seasonal cycle of a planet. This study uses a general circulation model and an energy balance model (EBM) to assess the parameters that govern the […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Habitable Zones, Mars, Press Release
InSight Pressure Data Recalibration, and Its Application to the Study of Long-Term Pressure Changes on Mars
Observations of the South Polar Residual Cap suggest a possible erosion of the cap, leading to an increase of the global mass of the atmosphere.
Posted inHabitable Zones, Mars, Press Release
Early Mars’ Habitability And Global Cooling By H2-based Methanogens
During the Noachian, Mars’ crust may have provided a favorable environment for microbial life.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Climate Of High Obliquity Exo-terrestrial Planets With A Three-dimensional Cloud System Resolving Climate Model
Planetary climates are strongly affected by planetary orbital parameters such as obliquity, eccentricity, and precession.
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Habitable Zones, Mars, Press Release
Life May Have Thrived On Early Mars Until It Drove Climate Change That Caused Its Demise
If there ever was life on Mars – and that’s a huge “if” – conditions during the planet’s infancy most likely would have supported it, according to a study led […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release, Titan, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Air-sea Interactions On Titan: Effect Of Radiative Transfer On The Lake Evaporation And Atmospheric Circulation
Titan’s northern high latitudes host many large hydrocarbon lakes. Like water lakes on Earth, Titan’s lakes are constantly subject to evaporation.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Fossils & Paleontology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
How A Planet’s Climate Affected The Evolution Of An Intelligent Species: Humans
Three distinct phases of climate variability in eastern Africa coincided with shifts in hominin evolution and dispersal over the last 620,000 years, an analysis of environmental proxies from a lake […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Plant Biology, Press Release, Terraforming & Geoengineering
Land Plants Changed Earth’s Composition
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that the evolution of land plants caused a sudden shift in the composition of Earth’s continents. The Southampton researchers, led by Dr […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Sleeping Giant Could End Deep Ocean Life
Red medusa found just off the bottom of the deep sea in Alaska. CREDIT Hidden Ocean 2005/NOAA A previously overlooked factor — the position of continents — helps fill Earth’s […]