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Five geoengineering trials the UK is funding to combat global warming

The UK government recently announced plans to fund five small-scale trials related to geoengineering. It’s the first time a state research funding body has put serious money into what’s known as solar radiation management, or SRM, which seeks to cool the planet by reflecting more of the Sun’s energy back…

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Satellites are polluting Earth's atmosphere with heavy metals. Could refueling them in orbit help?

In-orbit servicing and refueling could help curb the environmental harm done by the space industry. But will operators subscribe to the greener business model? The jury is out.

Space

Volcanologist reveals exactly what happened at Mount Etna

Mount Etna eruptions are commonly described as ‘Strombolian eruptions’ – though that may not apply to this event

The Independent UK

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15 Animals That Start With “E” (And Where They Live)

Explore animals that start with “E,” like the elephant, emu, eel, elk, & echidna! Discover where these animals starting with E live in the world.

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What’s a ‘Strombolian eruption’? A volcanologist explains what happened at Mount Etna

On Monday morning local time, a huge cloud of ash, hot gas and rock fragments began spewing from Italy’s Mount Etna.

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Land and Carbon's Innovative Model Restores Land, Empowers Landowners, and Fights Climate Change

Land and Carbon, Inc. emerges with a mission to regenerate the Earth's most degraded lands while creating new transformative value and revenue for those who depend on it most.

International Business Times

New 'Fantastic Four' Footage Addresses A Tragic Fan Theory

A twist might be hiding in plain sight.

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The Milky Way was on a collision course with a neighboring galaxy. Not anymore

NASA scientists had forecast an impending crash in four billion years, sending the sun flying

The Independent UK

What's at the center of Mars? Maybe the stench of rotten eggs

Mars' core formed within just a few million years, scientists say compared to the hundreds of millions or even billions of years that it took for Earth's core to form — it also might smell like rotten eggs.

Space

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Space weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar storms

The Independent UK

'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

LiveScience

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the signs of life – called biosignatures – that scientists may find will likely be difficult to interpret. Figuring…

The Conversation

Solar storms are causing Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites to plunge to Earth

IN FULL

The Independent UK

The sun is causing Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to drop from space

Solar storms could see satellite parts hit the ground, scientists warn

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Turning the Red Planet green? It's time to take terraforming Mars seriously, scientists say

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint for a potential path forward.

Evening Standard

The War Between the Land and the Sea - what do we know about the new Doctor Who show?

Doctor Who’s fourteenth series is over - but there’s more Who content coming down the track

The Independent UK

Bright green meteor zooms past Sydney as auroras dazzle across Australia

Auroras sparked by latest solar storm also seen in US

The Guardian - UK

A chance to spot rare and mysterious noctilucent clouds

At this time of year in the northern hemisphere, just after the sun sets, these mysterious cloud can appear in the west

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Your smartphone is a parasite, according to evolution

Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.

Inverse

16 Years Later, One Sci-Fi Spinoff Is Trying To Pull Off A Difficult Trick

'The War Between the Land and the Sea' is the next installment in the 'Doctor Who' universe. Will it work?

Space

Northern lights may be visible in these 23 US States June 1

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Pennsylvania as Earth reverberates from the impact of a speedy solar storm.

Space

Aurora alert: Ongoing powerful geomagnetic storm could spark more northern lights across the US tonight

Northern lights may once again be visible deep into mid latitudes tonight as geomagnetic storm conditions continue to wreak havoc with Earth's magnetic field.

Space

Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks northern lights across US and beyond (photos)

The speedy solar storm arrived in style, sparking stunning aurora displays as far south as California and New Mexico.

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

Space

Super-magnetic dead star throws a violent temper tantrum as NASA X-ray spacecraft looks on

NASA's X-ray space telescope IXPE has made the first observation of polarized light emerging from an outbursting magnetar, neutron stars that possess the universe's strongest magnetic fields.

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