03 August 2018
Plate tectonics not needed for life, but UV light is
...a reasonable habitable level by the release and capture of carbon dioxide (CO2). After it is released from the ground, it is then returned ... the plates across Earth’s outer shell is what keeps the CO2 on our planet in equilibrium. Too much of it and ...
October 2024
EO data - the fuel that makes climate action possible
...: data is the fuel that makes climate action possible. Detecting methane presents several challenges. Just like CO2, methane is both colourless and odourless, requiring specialised equipment for its identification. Leaks can occur at numerous...
06 March 2019
Growing food from thin air to feed astronauts
... like a high-tech hurricane lantern, the protein, which is called Solein, is made from just carbon dioxide (CO2), water, a small amount of trace elements and electricity. It is a fully natural fermentation process, and the end product...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
... environment. Figure 3. Hybrid motor ignition with paraffin/Mg/CO2/N2O. CO2 as an in-situ oxidiser Although Mars is the ... that 40 percent aluminium experiments provide successful ignition with a CO2/NO2 mixture of equal proportions. However, in the 60...
March 2015
JAXA’s challenge to climate change
... the globe. Important scientific outcomes include documentation of seasonal changes in the carbon balance of southern Amazonia, megacity CO2 fluxes, CO2 and CH4 ratios in wildfire plumes, and reduced carbon uptake during the 2010 Northern Hemisphere...
15 June 2020
Green dayglow detected at Mars for the first time
..., as they hope to use the lightweight instrument to understand CO2 in Mars' mesosphere; an atmospheric layer located between 40–100 ... times will make it possible to characterise the CO2 density variations in the mesosphere", write the authors...
