Google Doodle Honors Woman Who Pioneered the Discovery of the Greenhouse Effect

2023-07-17 05:43 PM by Jessica Irvine

GoogleDoodle commemorates the birthday of Eunice Newton Foote. Google In 1859, the Irish physicist John Tyndall published an article that discussed the absorption of sunlight and release of infrared radiation by carbon dioxide and other gases. He hypothesized that human emissions of these gases could alter Earth’s atmosphere and lead to the trapping of heat. …

‘4th of July Potentially Sets New Record as Earth’s Hottest Day – Why Does It Matter?’

2023-07-06 01:22 AM by Jessica Irvine

Global temperatures on July 4th, 2023 ClimateReanalyzer.org, University of Maine, NOAA Instead of writing numerous articles about temperature records, I have refrained from doing so because in an era of climate warming, it becomes predictable like a game of “whack-a-mole.” With the continuous rise in temperatures, the headlines of “warmest this” or “hottest that” will …