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Carbon Dioxide, Which Drives Climate Change, Reaches Highest Level In 4 Million Years

June 9, 2021

Photo by Jürgen Jester via Pixabay Article via WSKG The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May, its highest level in more than four million years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Monday. After dipping last year because of...

Upward-Shooting ‘Blue Jet’ Lightning Spotted From International Space Station

January 23, 2021

Photo via European Space Agency Article by Nicoletta Lanese, Live Science Scientists on the International Space Station spotted a bright-blue lightning bolt shooting upward from thunderclouds. Blue jets can be difficult to spot from the ground, since the electrical discharges erupt from the tops of thunderclouds. But...