In the discussion thread about CO2 and Antarctic cold, some references to CO2 ice in the ice caps of Mars were part of that discussion. WUWT reader Lou Mackenzie sends…
Category: Space
Another scientific consensus bites the dust
It has been said that “the science is settled” regarding what we know about Earth’s atmosphere and climate. But recently scientists discovered that something we had accepted as a basic…
Steig's Antarctic Peninsula Pac-mann
WUWT readers may recall a couple of weeks ago that I suggested that the weather stations with different climatic influences of the Antarctic peninsula, which might very well merit its…
Australian Antarctic Division: Can solar variability influence climate?
An interesting tidbit from the Australian Antarctic Division (h/t to Trevor Gunter) Scientists have long searched for linkages between solar variability and weather. The sun varies on a wide-range of…
Possible "habitable zone" planetary system discovered only 20 light years away
From RedOrbit and Science News Astronomers Discover Lightest Exoplanet Yet Astronomers claim to have discovered an exoplanet that is the most similar to Earth in terms of mass than any…
Using old NASA imagery to look at Antarctic Ice in the 1960’s
From Space.com: Old Moon Images Get Modern Makeover WOODLANDS, Texas — Think of it as a space age twist to that adage: Something old, something new…something borrowed, something blue. Back…
Galactic Cosmic Rays May Be Responsible For The Antarctic Ozone Hole
NOTE: It has been pointed out to me by an email from a regular WUWT reader that some people get a different conclusion from the headline other than what I…
Compared to the Sun's power, we are a fly speck on an elephant's butt
Note: A number of people sent this to me. This is a fictional account of what might happen if we get a large solar event, such as a Coronal Mass…
Cosmic Ray Flux and Neutron monitors suggest we may not have hit solar minimum yet
There’s some interesting information of the six month trend of neutrons being detected globally that I want to bring to discussion, but first I thought that a primer on cosmic…
Kepler blasts off in search of Earth-like planets
From the LA Times Email Picture Malcolm Denemark / Associated Press In a timed exposure, spectators watch from Cocoa Beach as the Kepler satellite launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
Canadian mini-satellite may solve carbon puzzle
from the Calgary Herald: Canadian mini-satellite may solve carbon puzzle (h/t to WUWT reader “Freezedried”) Tom Spears Canwestnews Service Friday, February 27, 2009 While NASA lost a $285-million US satellite…
Space Weather Prediction Center moves the solar cycle goalpost again
Mike Ronanye writes: SWPC has just made a change in their solar cycle predictions in the middle of the month without any preannouncement. Both Sunspot and F10.7cm predictions were altered…
Bad week for hardware: Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite burns up
Satellite to Study Global-Warming Gases Lost in Space By Alex Morales, Bloomberg News Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — A satellite launched from California failed to reach orbit today, crashing into the…
Correlation demonstrated between cosmic rays and temperature of the stratosphere
This offers renewed hope for Svensmark’s theory of cosmic ray modulation of earth’s cloud cover. Here is an interesting correlation published just yesterday in GRL. Cosmic rays detected deep underground…
Earth's Magnetic Field Has Massive Breach – scientists baffled
I know. This sounds like a plot of a 1950’s scifi movie. But it is real. From my view, our localized corner of the solar system is now different than…
Presidential Science Advisor Briefed On Potential For Mars Life
This in an interesting story from Aviation Week They say “the data relate to habitability” But it makes you wonder why they had to brief the Presidential Science Advisor on…
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