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Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is responsible for a large part of carbon dioxide’s planet-warming effect

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We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”

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We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”

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Mysterious sounds in stratosphere can't be traced to any known source

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Environment

Ozone-destroying CFC chemicals are on the rise again despite ban

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Empty street in London

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Puzzling methane rise in 2020 linked to pandemic lockdown effects

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How do humans affect the nitrogen cycle?

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How do humans affect the nitrogen cycle?

orange-colored troposphere

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Lowest level of the atmosphere getting thicker due to climate change

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Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

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Aircraft contrails are a climate menace. Can we rid the sky of them?

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Most life on Earth will be killed by lack of oxygen in a billion years

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Sunlight could power micro-aircraft flying above the stratosphere

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Sunlight could power micro-aircraft flying above the stratosphere

The mesosphere – the atmospheric layer 50 to 80km above the ground – is out of bounds to normal aircraft, but millimetre-sized devices could fly there powered by sunlight

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Environment

Godzilla Sahara dust storm linked to melting Arctic sea ice

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Rivers of air in the sky are melting huge patches of Antarctic sea ice

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We should rewild the sky to restore the atmosphere to its former glory

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