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More than 1 in 5 reptiles on the planet are endangered, especially those in forests
Thousands of species of reptiles are threatened with extinction around the world. According to a new study, 21% of all reptile species are vulnerable, endangered or!-->…
Does it portend an unknown planet?
All stars, including our sun, are born from a cloud of dust and gas. This cloud can also seed planets that will orbit around the star. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Michigan State University's Seth Jacobson and his colleagues in…
Up to 40% of the planet’s land degraded: UN
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS): How Earth's resources - soil, water and biodiversity - are currently mismanaged and misused, threatening the health and survival of many species on earth, including our own, according to a stark new report from…
Time is running out to protect our planet’s biodiversity
On this Earth Day, we face a harsh reality: we are running out of time.Our planet is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. We could be facing our last chance to change the course of action for our planet, and we need everyone on deck.…
dMY Technology IV: Planetary Data Fuels Canadian Boreal Forest Research as Planet E&R Program…
The boreal forest is one of the largest intact ecosystems on the planet; However, an increasing number of human-induced environmental changes are impacting this vast ecosystem. Many integrated research programs…
NOVA researches new climate technologies to cool the planet
As wildfires burn and extreme weather causes public unrest, it is clear that reducing emissions alone will not be enough to prevent the disastrous consequences of climate change. NOVA joins scientists and engineers working on new solutions…
NOVA examines new climate technologies that aim to cool the planet
April 19, 2022 | 10:00 AM
NOVA: Can we cool the planet? broadcast on WITF TV on Wednesday, April 27 at…
NASA captures ‘Sunrise on Mars’ and shares a stunning photo of the Red Planet
New Delhi | Jagran Trend Office: On Monday, NASA's Aeronautics and Space Administration shared a stunning image of the sunrise on Mars. The space agency took to its official Instagram account to share an interesting photo taken from the…
Nitrogen alert, on our planet there is less and less
availablity nitrogen On our planet, it decreases significantly in some regions, while in other regions of the globe it is associated with an excessive presence of gases. This worrying finding emerges from a study published in the journal…
How is Earth the only known planet with active plate tectonics?
How come Earth is the only known planet with active plate tectonics?
Erik McKenna
Stamford, Connecticut
Earth is special in that it has two things that other terrestrial planets do not have: an abundance of…
Amnesty International joins forces with Planet to fight deforestation in Cambodia
Amnesty International joins forces with Planet to fight deforestation in Cambodia
Press release from: Planet Posted: Thursday April…
NASA: the Hubble telescope has discovered a bizarre planet, the hottest of all time, on which rocks…
NASA says the Hubble Telescope has spotted two mysterious hot Jupiter-like planets, one of which has rocks raining down on it! Check what NASA research has…
World Health Day: Taking care of the planet is taking care of our health
The planet and health go hand in hand
world health day has been observed worldwide on April 7 since 1950 to raise awareness of deadly global diseases and encourage healthy…
Microsoft Azure’s new off-planet space solutions are here
If you thought Microsoft's various cloud initiatives were useful here in the field, you don't know half of them; the company is launching the Team Rocket style to bring the power of Azure and AI to the stars.
Microsoft has prepared an…
Hubble discovered a hot planet 3 times hotter than Venus
Outer space is a strange and bizarre place. Hubble's observations of KELT-20b and WASP-178b offer two perfect examples.
from NASA found all sorts of weird planets over the years, including…
Welsh Government-sponsored Living Wales research project harnesses data from around the world for…
SAN FRANCISCO, April 05, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily Earth data and information, today shared a recent initiative supporting European green agricultural policies with Living Wales, a…
Amnesty International joins forces with Planet to fight deforestation in Cambodia | Business
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2022--Planet Labs PBC…
Amnesty International partners with Planet to fight deforestation in Cambodia
SAN FRANCISCO, April 01, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily Earth data and information, today shared a recent project to combat deforestation in Cambodia with Amnesty International, an…
Fly to Mardi Gras Planet at Universal Studios Florida
Mardi Gras is synonymous with New Orleans, but the event didn't start there. The Catholic feast of Carnival dates back centuries, with some of its most famous traditions first appearing in medieval Italy. New Orleans wasn't even the…
Earth-like planet could orbit in dying star’s ‘habitable zone’
A recent study reveals that planetary debris, including some moon-sized objects, could indicate a rocky exoplanet in a stellar zombie's habitable zone.The star in question is WD1054–226, a cooling white dwarf that is the relic of a star…
Favorite Planet Poll – Smithers Interior News
The seven planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system orbit a dim red dwarf star. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
Favorite planet…
Nature now has “the right to exist” in Panama
Panama is the latest nation to officially recognize the rights of nature. After a year of debate in the country's National Assembly, President Laurentino Cortizo signed legislation that recognizes the Panamanian ecosystem as "a unique,…
ESO’s new tech telescope, TESS, helps discover an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of a…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have recently glimpsed the distant future of Earth.
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently discovered…
An Earth-like planet could be orbiting in the ‘habitable zone’ of a dead star
Planetary debris, including some moon-sized objects, may hint at a rocky exoplanet in a stellar zombie's habitable zone, according to a new study.The star in question is a white dwarf called WD1054-226, a cooling remnant of a star that has…
What is the largest planet among all those we know?
In our solar system, Jupiter is the largest planet we have, but what is the upper limit of planetary size?Jupiter may be the largest and most massive planet in the solar system, but adding more mass to it would only make it smaller. The…
Exploring Reykjavík with kids – Lonely Planet
Reykjavík is a large metropolis reduced to the size of a small city, ideal for a family city break.
You'll find all the things important for adults - national museums, iconic churches, historic architecture - and also the things important…
We need to count every tree on the planet – here’s why
Planting trillions of trees won't replace the 10 million hectares of forest ecosystems lost every year, but documenting them could…
A former astronaut names the planet he thinks is most likely to have life
Former astronaut Chris Hadfield, with nearly 5,000 known exoplanets to choose from, names Kepler-442b, 1,200 light-years from Earth, as "excellent" for the James Webb Space Telescope:
An excellent planet for @NASAWebb to take a…
Former astronaut suggests specific planet for James Webb to search for life
NASA's James Webb Telescope is preparing to officially begin science operations later this summer. And scientists are already excited that it is starting to scan distant worlds for signs of life.There are plenty of places to look, of…
Discovery of a third planet around Proxima Centauri
Just over four light years away is Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to the Sun. And in August 2016, researchers announced that they had found a long-sought planet around Proxima Centauri, the smallest and closest component of this…
The fate of our planet depends on the soil, our “silent ally”, according to a UN…
Ronald Vargas is a world-leading soil scientist who has devoted more than 25 years to natural resource management with a particular focus on sustainable soil management. He is Secretary of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) at the Food and…
Effects of Wide Orbit Planet Capture on Planetary Systems: System Stability and Habitable Zone…
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Bad astronomy | Third planet Proxima Centauri may have been discovered
At just over four light years away, Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun in the entire Universe. We know it has one planet, called Proxima b, and there's decent evidence for a second, called Proxima c.
A…
Earth’s water existed before planet Earth
To understand how life came about, scientists study the chemistry of carbon and water. In the case of water, they track the various forms, or isotopes, of its constituent hydrogen and oxygen atoms through the history of the universe, like…
Earth’s water existed long before the planet, new study finds
According to a new study, water molecules on Earth may have originated long before the planet was formed.Research has found that the water chemical signature of one of the oldest meteorites in the solar system matches those found on…
It takes a special type of planet to make a moon
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This artist's concept depicts two celestial bodies crashing into each other, creating a disc of mostly molten, partially vaporized rock that…
Humanity Could Survive a ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid, New Study Says
An asteroid collides with Earth.
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About 66 million years ago, a "planet killer" - a 10 kilometer wide asteroid - struck Earth. The Chicxulub impact caused a massive planetary-scale extinction, killing an…
Africa: Wetlands – the planet’s unsung heroes
Wetlands are among the most important ecosystems on the planet. They are a refuge for wildlife, they filter pollution and are important carbon reservoirs.
But they are also one of the most threatened habitats on Earth. About 85% of…
Scientists have discovered that chemical pollution goes far beyond a planetary boundary
The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape filled with hundreds of open waste pits, water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated…
30 years ago, astronomers found a planet where it shouldn’t be – and made history
the James Webb space The telescope, says Penn State exoplanetary astronomer Alexander Wolszczan, is built on a foundation of past data and future expectations — much of what the massive space telescope will reveal combines both what…
We Can’t Stop Our Planet’s Next Mass Extinction, Researchers Say
By Jennifer Ferreira
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TORONTO (CTV Network) — Not only is Earth in the midst of its next mass extinction event, but it may be too late to undo the damage inflicted on the planet's…
What is a gas giant planet and what are some examples?
Gas giants are one of four types of planets in the universe, but they are easily among the most impressive. Here's a look at what makes them unique.
Outer space is filled with planets of all…
What really makes a planet habitable? Our assumptions may be wrong
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "ask an astronaut" and "space radio" and author of "how to die in space." Sutter contributed this article to Space.com Expert Voices: Op-Ed…
Five More Reasons Aliens Avoid Planet Earth
I once remarked to Fred Pohl that if FTL is possible and if it facilitates (as the math says) time travel, then the scarcity of extraterrestrial visitors suggests that not only is Earth not interesting for aliens of the current era, but…
The first rings of the sun prevented our planet from becoming a “super-Earth”
The sun was once surrounded by rings of gas and dust similar to those orbiting Saturn, a new study published in the journal natural astronomy reveals.These rings played a vital role in the formation of our solar system and in the size and…
Geospatial data as a vital tool to protect planet Earth
This series of specially selected articles illustrates how geomatics plays a key role in protecting and preserving the environment. Geospatial data is an important part of the toolbox of researchers…
Planet will launch 44 SuperDoves
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily Earth data and information, today announced that the launch of its Flock 4x, comprised of 44 SuperDove satellites, will take place on Thursday 13 January on SpaceX's Falcon 9…
Planet to launch 44 SuperDove satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket
Planet's Flock 4x, comprised of 44 SuperDove satellites, is set to launch this Thursday, Jan. 13, on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Transporter-3 SSO. This is the first satellite launch under our new multi-year, multi-launch carpool agreement…
Saturn-Like Rings Around the Sun Prevented Our Planet From Becoming a ‘Super-Earth’, New…
The Sun had rings of dust and gas similar to Saturn that may have played a vital role in the formation of the Earth, according to a new study."In the solar system, something happened to prevent Earth from expanding into a much larger type…
Cultures are increasingly devouring the planet – CVBJ
08/01/2022 at 13:02 CET
Ramon diaz
The advance of agriculture is unstoppable. Farmland is taking over much of the planet. Over the past two decades, cultures have devoured more than a million…
NLT announces FEMA contract and collaboration with Planet
Integrated Science, Technology and Mission Support Specialist New Light Technologies (NLT) has been awarded a 5-year contract with the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to enhance training and exercise delivery through development and…
Third Blue Planet Sci-Fi Film Festival’s “Honorary Space Station” successfully…
NANJING, China, January 05, 2022- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - The "Honorary Space Station" event of the Third Blue Planet Science Fiction Film Festival, the first and only Chinese film festival dedicated to the science fiction genre, was held on…
Third Blue Planet Sci-Fi Film Festival’s ‘Honorary Space Station’ successfully…
NANJING, China - (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - The “Honorary Space Station” event of the Third Blue Planet Sci-Fi Film Festival, the first and only Chinese film festival dedicated to the science fiction genre, was held on December 28, 2021…
Help preserve our planet, one landscape at a time | Chroniclers
GARDEN PATCHPhyllis Webster earned a journalism degree before embarking on a long career in public relations…
This planet Iron-y has a day that lasts only 8 hours! – UBJ – United Business Journal
There is no communication about what the universe could throw at us. Precisely when some of us think we have a deep understanding of it, another revelation usually takes this greatness out of the entertainment realm. Scientists have now…
Mysterious dusty object discovered by astronomers using NASA’s TESS Planet Hunter
Artist's concept of a dark, mysterious object.
The transiting exoplanet study satellite, TESS, was launched in 2018 with the aim of discovering small planets around the closest neighboring stars to the Sun. TESS has so far discovered 172…
Is capitalism compatible with the conservation of the planet? – CVBJ
12/31/2021
Act. At 10:16 am CET
Joan Lluís Ferrer
A multidisciplinary scientific team from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the University of the Balearic…
Marsquakes reveals the ultra metallic nature of the Red Planet’s core
Scientific discoveries on Mars can be so shallow - hunting for water caches, terrestrial sampling, and other technical wonders tend to take place on the surface of the Red Planet (or a little above). But as NASA's Perseverance rover roams…
Africa: in the 10-year race to save the planet
World Environment Day (June 5, 2021) marked the official start of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, a global initiative to revive the natural world.
Tim Christophersen, United Nations Decade Coordinator at the United…
The ultralight, ultra-fast exoplanet is unlike anything in our solar system
The exoplanet GJ 367b orbits its star in an extremely short time. Only 8 hours, then a year has passed on this planet. We don't know anything like it about our solar system: Mercury is the fastest planet here with an orbital period of 88…
How the Coulsdon Lowland Oasis is helping save the planet
Raised height: Farthing Downs holds many historical secrets
NOTES ON NATURE: The City of London rangers tending to Farthing Downs, Coulsdon Common and other treasured green spaces are as hard at work during the dark midwinter months…
Faculty Voices: Defending the Planet in Real Life | MSU Today
Seth Jacobson is Assistant Professor at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences. As a planetologist, Jacobson studies the…
On this iron-dense planet, a year lasts just eight hours, Science News
We do not say what the universe could throw at us. Just when some of us think we know all about it, a new discovery throws all that smugness out of the park.
Scientists have now spotted one of the smallest planets ever…
In search of a ‘second Earth’, astronomers discover a hot, dense planet with an…
An illustration of a red dwarf star orbiting an exoplanet. Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)
An international team of researchers has discovered a new planet, GJ 367 b, whose surface temperature can reach 1,500 degrees centigrade – hot…
A tiny hot planet as dense as iron slides around a red dwarf star
This illustration shows a recently discovered exoplanet called GJ 367b, located about 31 light years from Earth and orbiting its star in just about 8 hours, with a density greater than that of our planet and an internal structure similar to…
We must protect 50% of the planet – but even that is not enough
Image credits: Lingchor.
Protected areas are defended by scientists and environmentalists because of their obvious environmental benefits. Due to the constant!-->…
Save the animals and preserve the planet | Letters to the Editor
Across the country, marine and land animals are facing shocking problems due to the trash we throw away or leave unattended! And now, just to add to that problem, massive oil spills have spread to Huntington Beach.This is a serious problem…
Planet develops activities in the state and local government sector
SAN FRANCISCO, November 23, 2021- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Planet, a leading provider of daily data and information on Earth, today announced a number of new contracts with state and local governments, including entities from the states of…
Analysis of wind-induced vibrations from Mars sheds light on the underground properties of the…
Seismic data collected at Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars, suggests the presence of a shallow sedimentary layer sandwiched between lava flows below the planet's surface. These results were obtained as part of…
“Partially buried skeletons” seen in a NASA photo? “It’s a graveyard…
NASA's Perseverance rover sends an image of Mars to Earth. The viewer wants to see things about him that shouldn't exist on the red planet.
Pasadena - the planet Mars is currently inaccessible to humans - perhaps for this reason, it…
Planet and New Lighting Technologies Provide Satellite Imagery to Power Rapid Disaster Response to…
SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, 2021- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Planet, one of the leading providers of near-daily high-resolution data and information on Earth, today announced a collaboration with its partner New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT) to…
What’s on Saturday TV: “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; “The zoo”, Animal…
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Who is it anyway? Greg Proops is the guest of this new episode of the improvisational comedy series. 8 p.m. The CWThe Zoo:…
Planets beyond our solar system
The planet: TIC 172 900 988 b
Discovery: A newly discovered planet about as large as Jupiter belongs to a mind-boggling system. The planet orbits two stars and, when viewed from Earth, intersects the faces of both. This means that this…
Something big happened to the planet a million years ago
A new study suggests that a million years ago, glaciers began to adhere more persistently to their bed, triggering cycles of longer ice ages. Here the ice has been discharged from the Icelandic glacier Breiðamerkurjökull en route to the…
Methanol – Now. Powered by Northrop Grumman
The essential ingredients of life as we know them include water and carbon. These two substances produce DNA, RNA, proteins, fats and sugars, which are part of all living things. While searching for the possibility of life beyond our…
Promote behavior around the planet and disseminate the SDGs, objectives of virtual visits to Ence
Student virtual tours at Ence will include this school year a new activity with which the company wants to promote personal behaviors among young people that have a positive impact on the United Nations…
Visa requirements to visit Aruba
Breathtaking beaches, exhilarating nightlife and abundant natural beauty await you in Aruba. This idyllic island outpost is a Caribbean highlight - a spectacular landscape of cacti, volcanic rock and divi-divi trees that beg to be…