by Spectrum | Mar 10, 2019 | Science and Technology
According to a US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study, emissions of Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole, is on the rise despite an international treaty, Montreal Protocol, putting...
by Spectrum | Mar 10, 2019 | Science and Technology
While global warming is considered to be the direct result of man-made activities, new research has claimed that the responsibility for climate change phenomenon also lies with Earth’s first animals that evolved more than 500 million years ago. The results of the...
by Spectrum | Mar 10, 2019 | Science and Technology
Scientists at Queen’s University, Belfast led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery that magnetic waves, crashing through the Sun, may be key to heating its atmosphere and propelling the solar wind. The study was published in the journal Nature...