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Researchers deal a blow to theory that Venus once had liquid water on its surface

02 Dec 2024

A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once...

Historic fires trapped in Antarctic ice yield key information for climate models

09 Aug 2024

Pollutants preserved in Antarctic ice document historic fires in the Southern Hemisphere, offering a glimpse at how humans have impacted the...

Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealed

09 Jan 2024

Researchers may have identified the missing component in the chemistry of the Venusian clouds that would explain their colour and 'splotchiness' in...

Polar Stratospheric Clouds, also called mother of pearl clouds

Why do climate models underestimate polar warming? 鈥業nvisible clouds鈥� could be the answer

08 Nov 2023

Stratospheric clouds over the Arctic may explain the differences seen between the polar warming calculated by climate models and actual recordings...

Volcano erupting near El Paso, La Palma, Spain

Effect of volcanic eruptions significantly underestimated in climate projections

23 Jun 2023

Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth's surface temperature is likely underestimated by a factor of...

Scientists develop new method to assess ozone layer recovery

24 Aug 2022

Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer.

No signs (yet) of life on Venus

14 Jun 2022

探花直播unusual behaviour of sulphur in Venus鈥� atmosphere cannot be explained by an 鈥榓erial鈥� form of extra-terrestrial life, according to a new study.

Women in STEM: Dr Maria Russo

12 Mar 2020

Dr Maria Russo is a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, where she studies the physical and chemical processes at work in the...

Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas

06 Aug 2018

探花直播chemical composition of gases emitted from volcanoes 鈥� which are used to monitor changes in volcanic activity 鈥� can change depending on the size...

An artist's impression showing the exoplanet WASP-19b

Inferno world with titanium skies

13 Sep 2017

An international team of astronomers has detected titanium oxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time. 探花直播results , reported in the...

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