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Live (left) and fossilized ginkgo leaf (right). The density of piones in such leaves provides an approximation of the atmospheric CO2 concentration in the past. Photo: Dana Royer, courtesy of the University of Southampton.

Climate warming will bring the Earth to an unprecedented 420 million year high

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The space station during the photographic mission. Photo: ESA/NASA.

Space disco

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One of the 60 micrometeorites found in a 2.7 billion year old limestone from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. These micrometeorites are composed of iron oxides formed when meteoric iron dust particles oxidized as they traversed Earth's atmosphere, revealing that the upper atmosphere was surprisingly rich in oxygen.Credit: Andrew Tomkins

Cosmic dust has revealed Earth's ancient atmosphere

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CERN's Cosmic Rays and Clouds Experiment. Illustration: CERN

Axis experiments provide unprecedented information regarding cloud formation

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Artist's impression of lightning storms on Venus. Figure: European Space Agency

The lightning storms on Venus are similar to those on Earth

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dust storm

dust

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"Greener" consumer products

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The late Yosef Yosef was one of the most senior climate scientists in the world

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Scientists offer an answer to the question: does polluted air increase or decrease rain?

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Urban activity reduces the intensity of solar radiation

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