129 articles from MONDAY 6.6.2022

Is human pollution causing clouds to form near the edge of space?

Noctilucent clouds, which glow after sunset, are the highest known clouds in Earth’s atmosphereLate spring/early summer in the northern hemisphere is a good time to look for noctilucent clouds. Roughly translated from Latin, noctilucent means “night shine”, which is a good description of these beautiful cloud formations. They can be seen glowing an electric blue colour against the darkening...

‘Hidden world’ of marine life discovered in Antarctic ‘river’ under ice

New Zealand scientists ‘jumping up and down’ at find during investigation of climate-induced melt of ice shelf Beneath a vast Antarctic ice shelf, in a cathedral-like cavern hundreds of metres high, are swarms of little shrimp-like creatures in a newly discovered underwater ecosystem that, until recently, had remained an ice-locked secret.A team of scientists from New Zealand discovered the...