Global Sea Ice Hits a New Low
Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the planet cool. It also acts like a blanket for the ocean, insulating it and preventing ocean heat from reaching the atmosphere. Less sea ice means more heat goes in Earth’s systems, warming the atmosphere and the oceans.
Arctic sea ice hits lowest peak in satellite record, says US agency
This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) on Thursday, as Earth continues to swelter under the mounting effects of human-driven climate change.
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Rare 'Einstein Ring' spotted around a nearby galaxy for the first timeThe ring was seen around a galaxy known as NGC ... iridescent colors because they are made of carbon dioxide ice, according to NASA.
A striking new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a rare object called an Einstein ring. This shows what appears to be a ring-shaped object in the sky, but is actually created by two ...
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Saturn’s Rings to Disappear From View This Week—And Be Gone Forever in 100 Million YearsSaturn’s iconic rings will briefly vanish from view, a rare astronomical event caused by a quirk of planetary alignment. As ...
Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.
Touching down near the center of Mare Crisium, it is equipped with 10 NASA-sponsored instruments to ... permanently shadowed crater in search of ice deposits. Ice would be a critical resource ...
leaving the shape of a ring. NASA explains the ring of fire effect: "An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth while it is at its farthest point from Earth.
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