February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
...a UK horizontal launch spaceport since it was first proposed in 2014. Others do not. One of their questions is: “if I accept climate change needs action now, how can I support UK spaceports, in particular the horizontal launch variety requiring large...
15 November 2021
Earth's lower atmosphere is rising due to climate change, new study says
... commonly referred to as COP26, comes to an end, a new study has found that Earth's lower atmosphere is expanding due to climate change. Our atmosphere can be roughly divided into five areas; the troposphere comes first, then the stratosphere...
12 July 2016
Did two ancient supernovas cause cell mutation and climate change on Earth?
...occurred. This may be connected to a cooling in Earths climate, as the increased abundance of cosmic rays ionised Earth’s troposphere...an increase in cloud-to-ground lightning. "There was climate change around this time," said Melott. "Africa dried out...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... to create a ‘natural’ magnetic field. EDDE Vehicle Schematic, Showing Arrays, Conductor, Emitters, and Net Managers Mitigating climate change While looking at ways to save the Earth, we should explore another logical project that would provide a way...
24 September 2021
New reactor could turn Mars' atmosphere into rocket fuel
... low cost and have enhanced mechanical resilience compared with the metal variety. As well as helping to mitigate climate change, CO2 could be recycled into ethylene. Called the world's most important chemical, ethylene is used in the manufacture...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... I don’t need to explain the importance of this - but also from disasters that are linked, triggered or intensified by climate change, where space can help in providing critical information. The other element is that space is underutilised and needs...
