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First evidence of water discovered on exoplanet

Added: 12 Sep 2019

For the first time, water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere a planet outside our solar sys…

National Trust ends fossil fuel investments

Added: 4 Jul 2019

The National Trust has revealed that it will cease investment in fossil fuel companies in the inter…

Melting ice sheets pump out methane

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jan 2019

The emission of tons of methane from the Greenland Ice Sheet is evidence of a widespread subglacial…

CO2 rise after last ice age due to ocean current changes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2018

A new study has provided compelling evidence as to how the level of atmospheric CO2 rose significan…

Supercomputer models cloud microphysics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2018

An international group of researchers have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of …

Small particles lead to big storms

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2018

Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather a…

Exploding stars have a link to climate change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jan 2018

Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new …

Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Dec 2017

New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 5…

Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2017

Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño …

Predictive qualities of social media discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2017

Social media has been found to be effective at predicting hurricanes, storms and floods before they…

Satellite repositioned for better weather tracking

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Oct 2016

A new satellite has been manoeuvred to better observe weather and climate over the Indian Ocean.

Climate change agreement achieved unilateral compliance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2016

Taken together, the carbon emissions of all 36 countries that committed to the Kyoto Protocol, sign…

Theory on ancient Earth’s atmosphere challenged

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 May 2016

An international team of scientists are challenging the theory that ancient Earth’s atmosphere was …

Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Feb 2016

Antarctic fungi have spent 18 months on the ISS, managing to survive under Mars-like conditions.

Transport sector can reduce CO2 emission by 50% by 2050

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Dec 2015

The transportation’s sector CO2 emissions could be halved by 2050, according to new research.

Icelandic volcano SO2 levels top up European industry emissions

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2015

The volcanic eruption in Iceland that occurred in August 2014 released three times more sulphur dio…

Marine life triggers atmospheric ice

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2015

Marine life in remote ocean regions can contribute to airborne particles that trigger ice formation…

Volcanic eruptions and global climate linked at last

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2015

New ice core data has revealed further evidence that volcanic eruptions have a significant and repe…

The rise of new ozone-damaging gases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Mar 2015

Short lived gases - previously thought to have little effect on the environment - can contribute to…

Gee-whiz science yields high res climate models

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Nov 2014

A climate scientist has used the powerful supercomputers at Berkeley Laboratory to carry out ‘gee-w…