Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds
Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS
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The upper atmosphere is cooling — and scientists are worried
A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.
Tonga’s undersea eruption shook the world. But what did it do to our climate?
When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual — and scientists are still trying to understand its impacts.
The black carbon stain of rocket launches
Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer.
Think climate change is messy? Meet solar geoengineering
Someone's bound to hack the atmosphere to cool the planet. So we urgently need more research on the consequences, says climate scientist Kate Ricke.