Atmospheric Science

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6-Jan-2025

Citizen science reveals that Jupiter’s colorful clouds are not made of ammonia ice

University of Oxford
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter’s clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice – the conventional view – it now appears they are likely to be composed of ammonium hydrosulphide mixed with smog.

Journal

Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

3-Jan-2025

AMS Science Preview: Tall hurricanes, snow and wildfire

American Meteorological Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Early online research in AMS journals discuss earlier snowmelt's correlation with Alaska wildfires, which hurricanes are more likely to intensify rapidly, and whether irrigation will impact rain on the Arabian peninsula.

Journal

Earth Interactions

2-Jan-2025

Increased wildfire activity may be a feature of past periods of abrupt climate change, study finds

Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last Ice Age.

Journal

Nature

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation