Our Scans · (ZY.3.04) Earth Science · Weekly Summary

• Air bubbles trapped in the ice act as little time machines and will reveal clues about Earth's atmospheric past dating back 1.2 million years, helping to answer some of climate science's most pressing questions. Center for Disaster Philanthropy
• Dragonfly is a New Frontiers-class planetary science mission that will land on Titan, Saturn's largest moon and a world with an atmosphere denser than Earth's. SpaceNews
• Researchers from the University of Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences have demonstrated that rising temperatures will accelerate rock weathering in the Canadian Arctic, creating a positive feedback loop that will result in the release of increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. SciTechDaily
• Following Salsa's reentry, the remaining Cluster satellites will enter caretaker mode-controlled, but carrying out no new science - until they, too, reenter Earth's atmosphere in a similar fashion. phys.org
• The digital twin pilot projects are intended to demonstrate how research using Earth observation data and emerging digital twinning technologies can transform environmental science across priority areas including climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, and natural hazards. Meteorological Technology International
• A $35 million award to the University of Chicago to operate the brand new Synchrotron for Earth and Environmental Science facility that will develop, manage, operate and support user access to synchrotron-based experimental and analytical capabilities. National Science Foundation
• While polls of scientists actively working in the field of climate science indicate strong general agreement that Earth is warming and human activity is a significant factor, 31,000 scientists say there is no convincing evidence that humans can or will cause catastrophic heating of the atmosphere. Coherent Publishing
• The newly found planet d, an Earth-size world likely covered in volcanoes in a multiplanetary system, provides unprecedented opportunities to advance not only astronomy but many other fields of science, notably geology, planetary sciences, atmospheric sciences, and possibly astrobiology. The Register
• Mk-II will perform Earth monitoring, microgravity research, disaster management, and atmospheric science, which could help make climate and weather models more robust. Gizmodo
• Individual project teams (Atmospheric Observing System, MC, Surface Biology and Geology) should interact more with the Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) group to gain visibility into data system plans even before science teams are formed. NASA
• Commercial activity outside of earth's atmosphere may seem like science fiction, but it could be just the kind of wild card to totally shake up industry. Gartner
• There, far from light interference from Earth, Webb will turn its attention to the early universe, to exoplanet atmospheres and other science using a fold-out telescope almost 22 feet (21.6 meters) across, roughly three times the aperture of the 1990s-era Hubble (8 feet or 2.4 meters). Space.com
• NASA will launch four Earth science missions in 2022 to provide scientists with more information about fundamental climate systems and processes, including extreme storms, surface water and ocean, and atmospheric dust. Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
• Whether through mobile observatories on coasts and mountains, airplanes navigating atmospheric rivers in the sky, or drones mapping Arctic vegetation, researchers supported by the Office of Science are chasing new opportunities to improve Earth system models. Energy.gov
• Understanding earth science and geology will be critical to making mitigation plans for landslides. Phys Org
• We are part of the growing movement that believes Nature Needs Half - a science driven initiative that recommends 30-50% of the world's forests need to be protected by 2030 to ensure forest ecosystems are able to fulfill the ecological functions and services we need for life on Earth. Canopy
• By using data science techniques to large volumes of data, they could apply machine learning techniques to develop a newer model that helped them better understand how energized particles from space rain down into Earth's atmosphere, where they drive space weather. phys.org
• Scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have shed light on the hazards of Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, finding that a large earthquake could set off an eruption. The Watchers - Daily news service | Watchers.NEWS
• The emotions of fear and disgust are strong negative influences that cause middle-school science teachers to avoid teaching students about cockroaches and the ecological services they perform in Earth's ecosystems. OUP Academic
• A major goal of heliophysics - the science of the Sun's influence on space, including planetary atmospheres - is to predict space weather, which often begins on the Sun but can rapidly spread through space to cause disruptions near Earth. SciTechDaily

Last updated: 30 June 2025