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Your browser does not support the video tag. Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists…
Read more of Ask NASA: Ever heard of “Dirty” snow? Research suggests aerosols make snow melt faster
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Your browser does not support the video tag. For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic’s permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth’s climate continues to warm, that…
Read more of Ask NASA: New Arctic Lakes could increase atmospheric Methane
Your browser does not support the video tag. Scientists are closely monitoring positive signs of recovery of the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer, which is depleted by the use of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) for a…
Read more of Ask NASA: Evaluating the new threats to Earth’s Ozone layer
Your browser does not support the video tag. Every year, sea ice fluctuates through the seasons, growing in the winter and shrinking in the summer. This year, Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum March…
Your browser does not support the video tag. Arctic and Antarctic sea ice are both affected by climate change, but the two poles of Earth are behaving in intriguingly different ways. Video and description courtesy…
Your browser does not support the video tag. Will climate change drastically reduce our food production, or will it change what we produce? This question was posed to Goddard Space Flight Center’s Molly Brown as…
Read more of Ask NASA: How will a changing climate affect food production?
Your browser does not support the video tag. How does climate change affect humans? That’s the question we asked Tom Wagner, Program Scientist for Cryospheric Research at NASA. In four different ways, he says, from…
Read more of Ask NASA: How will Climate Change affect Humans?
Your browser does not support the video tag. Earth’s oceans could be concealing a mystery about climate change. Researchers have recently found evidence of hidden heat hundreds of meters below the ocean’s surface.
From NASA: Listen to Martian wind blow across NASA’s InSight lander. The spacecraft’s seismometer and air pressure sensor picked up vibrations from 10-15 mph (16-24 kph) winds as they blew across Mars’ Elysium Planitia on…
