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Warmer Winters are Keeping Some Lakes from Freezing
Warmer winters due to climate change are causing lakes in the Northern Hemisphere to experience more ice-free years, according to a new study.
Climate-Friendly Cooling to Help Ease Global Warming
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are mainly used for cooling and refrigeration.
NASA’s TESS Creates a Cosmic Vista of the Northern Sky
TESS has discovered 74 exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system. Astronomers are sifting through some 1,200 additional exoplanet candidates, where potential new worlds await confirmation.
Watching Your Waste
A funny thing happens when you grow accustomed to something in your life.
Who Is Driving Whom? Climate and Carbon Cycle in Perpetual Interaction
Man-made global heating has long been presented as a relatively simple chain of cause and effect: humans disrupt the carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels, thereby increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to higher temperatures around the globe.