As scientists and policymakers search for high-tech ways to fight climate change, a proposed low-tech solution is creating controversy — contraception. Bloggers around the world are writing about climate change today, October 15, as part of Blog Action Day. One less obvious potential solution to climate change is related to the availability of contraceptives and […]
Rare “Hot Jupiter” Planet May Be Eaten by Its Star
Scientists believe a gas giant planet is orbiting so close to its parent star that it will be destroyed or engulfed. If it survives, it will disprove what scientists believe about tidal forces. Will WASP-18 Destroy Its Planet, or a Scientific Theory? The WASP-18 star is located roughly 300 light years away from Earth, but […]
Earth’s Ionosphere is thinning: NASA surprise as Space/Earth boundary much lower than expected
According to NASA observations from instruments on board a US Airforce satellite the environment has gotten so bad the sky is falling in – literally. The Earth’s Ionosphere plasma, where electrons and ions, like Earth and Space, can meet but not touch, at night is typically 640km from the planet. Now NASA scientists have measured […]
New Notions of Earth’s Origins Needed, Says Geochemist
"Our analyses indicate that a process must have occurred in the first 30 million years of our solar system which resulted in the uneven distribution of matter in the solar system.” Thus spoke Bernard Bourdon, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry at ETH Zurich, concerning new doubts about what has been, til now, a longstanding geochemical "given" […]
New Field in Planetology Opened by Aurora Lights Finding
A new discovery made by an international team of scientists analyzing atmospheric data gathered by telescopes at Svalbard Island, Norway, at a latitude of 79° north, reveals for the first time that part of the glow of the Northern Lights is polarized–a state that, until now, was thought to be an impossibility. The new discovery […]
The Hole in the Hole in the Ozone Layer
As I wrote about yesterday, atmospheric scientists have just announced that "Our research indicates that trying to artificially cool off the planet could have perilous side effects. While climate change is a major threat, more research is required before society attempts global geoengineering solutions." This statement was released concerning scientists’ proposed methods of trying […]