atmosphere

New Year’s Concert 2021 review: It has plenty of atmosphere and is not to be missed 

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Exceptionally well conducted by Riccardo Muti, Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert 2021 has plenty of atmosphere and is not to be missed By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 6 February 2021 New Year’s Concert 2021   Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Riccardo Muti  Sony Classical, out now  Rating: … Read more

Hopes of finding life on Venus are dashed as study finds atmosphere does NOT contain phosphine gas

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Scientists have sucked the life out of a theory suggesting Venus could be home to biological organisms. In September, researchers claimed to have detected trace amounts of phosphine gas in the planet’s acidic clouds. Phosphine is often released by microorganisms on Earth that don’t use oxygen to breath, which led scientists to speculate Venus could … Read more

Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes make veiled digs about KILLING people and ‘frosty’ atmosphere

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Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes made thinly-veiled digs about killing people and a ‘frosty atmosphere’ during their This Morning hosting duties on Friday – amid the drama caused by their axing from the show. Ruth and her husband Eamonn, both 60, are being replaced on This Morning’s Friday show by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary at some … Read more

NASA’s Juno space craft captures ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured electric blue ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Such transient luminous events occur on Earth during a thunderstorm, but these are the first to be observed on another world. The bright, unpredictable flashes of lights typically form on our planet about 60 miles above large thunderstorms, creating flares that … Read more

Arctic methane is being released into the atmosphere, scientists claim

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Ancient reserves of the greenhouse gas methane trapped in ice for millions of years in the Arctic Ocean are being released into the atmosphere, researchers claim. The deposits of methane and other gases, dubbed hydrates, have previously been dubbed the ‘sleeping giants of the carbon cycle’.  An international research team on a Russian ship spotted … Read more

Earth may have lost up to 60 per cent of its atmosphere in the collision that formed the Moon

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Earth may have lost up to 60 per cent of its atmosphere in the collision that is thought to have formed the Moon Researchers carried out hundreds of collision simulations on a supercomputer  They looked at different impact angles, planet densities and even atmospheres Earth could have lost 10-60 per cent of its atmosphere in an … Read more

Forty-five known exoplanets possess an Earth-like atmosphere

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Astronomers have found at least 45 planets orbiting distant stars that possess Earth-like qualities including a similar atmosphere and life sustaining liquid water.  Experts from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, created a new way to determine the habitability of these distant worlds by studying their atmosphere. The team found a way to use information on ‘atmospheric … Read more

Arctic wildfires spewed 700 tonnes of CO2 a MINUTE into the atmosphere this year

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Almost 700 tonnes of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere in every minute of 2020, satellite data reveals.  A total of 244 megatonnes of CO2 spewed into the air from the Arctic Circle wildfires, plaguing the world’s northernmost region between January 1 and August 31.  This is the highest recorded emissions level for … Read more

Permafrost melt could release 40 BILLION more tons of CO2 into atmosphere than previously thought

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Permafrost melt may prompt microbes to release 40 BILLION more tons of CO2 into the atmosphere than previously thought, new study says The study assess the effects of microbes that feed on plant-produced carbon Permafrost melt and warmer temperatures will fuel plant life Increased plant life will cause microbes to respire more CO2 This will … Read more

Glowing green oxygen is detected for the first time in Mars’ atmosphere

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Glowing green oxygen is detected for the first time in Mars’ atmosphere that forms from sunlight interacting with atoms and air molecules ESA’s ExoMars orbiter has been circling Mars since October of 2016  The orbiter has spotted glowing green emissions in the planet’s atmosphere  Astronomers noted that the Earth has the same glowing emissions  The … Read more