[Trinity College Dublin] Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have developed a powerful way to unravel the changing weather patterns on distant worlds.
Trinity College Dublin
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Silicate Clouds Discovered In The Atmosphere Of Exoplanet YSES-1 b
Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant “exoplanets” form and what their atmospheres can look like, after using the James Webb Telescope to image two young exoplanets in […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extinction events, Fossils & Paleontology, Press Release
Deoxygenation Levels Similar To Today’s Played A Major Role In Marine Extinctions During Earth’s Major Past Climate Change Event
Scientists have made a surprising discovery that sheds new light on the role that oceanic deoxygenation (anoxia) played in one of the most devastating extinction events in Earth’s history. Their […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Plant Biology, Press Release
New Research Suggests Plants Might Be Able To Absorb More CO2 From Human Activities Than Previously Expected
New research published today in leading international journal Science Advances paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet. This is because more realistic ecological modelling suggests the world’s plants may […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
Astrophysicists Scan The Galaxy For Signs Of Life
Astrophysicists from Trinity College Dublin are scanning the Universe for “technosignatures” emanating from distant planets that would provide support for the existence of intelligent, alien life.
Posted inComets and Asteroids, Impact events, Meteorites & Asteroids, Origin & Evolution of Life
Melting Pots for Life on Earth
Geochemists from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences may have found a solution to a long-debated problem as to where – and how – life first formed on Earth. […]
Posted inOrigin & Evolution of Life
Oxygen-producing Life A ppeared at Least 60 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Geologists from Trinity College Dublin have rewritten the evolutionary history books by finding that oxygen-producing life forms were present on Earth some 3 billion years ago – a full 60 […]