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Earth’s climate is warming due to human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - not because of the Sun. The Sun does influence Earth’s climate over longe scales of time, but not enough to account for the rapid warming of recent decades.
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Join us at the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab for a free Solar Eclipse viewing event with activities for the whole family.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is perfectly aligned between the Sun and the Earth. There are three different types of solar eclipses - total, annular, and hybrid.
Artist April Waters describes her expedition to Antarctica and how she created paintings that depict water and ice.
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Water-Ice-Sky, Antarctica, an exhibition by Oregon-based artist April Waters, is on display at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, from October 9, 2023, to April 15, 2024.
Drought can occur anywhere in the world and harm people and ecosystems. Drought is becoming more frequent and more severe due to climate change.
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A dangerous ozone hole started forming over Antarctica in the mid-1970s. But why? Learn how scientists found the pollutants that were destroying ozone inside unusual clouds and how the world took action to save the ozone layer which protects all life on Earth.
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