An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), finds signs that the outer halo of the Milky Way contains stellar remains of massive dwarf galaxies ...
Astronomy
Feb 1, 2018
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How the properties of clouds change in response to local pollution - mainly from coal burning and ship engines - has been more accurately determined.
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2017
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A famous song-writer looked at clouds from both sides, but it's still difficult for climate and weather models to get a good grasp on them. Now, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have improved a statistical ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2016
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The re-distribution of anthropogenic aerosol emissions from Europe and North America towards China and India between 1996 and 2010 has surprisingly warmed rather than cooled the global climate. This result reinforces the ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —ESA's Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot molecular gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Astronomy
May 7, 2013
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The battle to curtail the global impact of aerosols has taken a step forward with the most extensive aerosol research project conducted in Europe so far.
Environment
May 1, 2013
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High within towering thunderclouds, a distinct form of intracloud lightning, known as "narrow bipolar pulse" discharges, can occur. Like other forms of lightning, narrow bipolar events (NBE) can be either negative or positive ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2013
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Until now, scientists who study air pollution using satellite imagery have been limited by weather. Clouds, in particular, provide much less information than a sunny day.
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2012
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Combined legal and market factors may force online companies to offer more flexible contract terms, suggests new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
Other
May 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate models have a hard time representing clouds accurately because they lack the spatial resolution necessary to accurately simulate the billowy air masses.
Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2011
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