February 2022
A new legal system for space
... how the existing nation-state model could be improved. A good example might be the world’s ability to address climate change collectively, rather than as individual nations. Elements like national politics play a role in the way in which we deal...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
...with our planet’s environment 50 to 60 years ago when we could have taken actions to limit or avoid the levels of climate change we now face on Earth. We need to do everything we can do to avoid the same scenario in Earth orbit. The space environment...
20 April 2018
Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator
... put in charge - and one without a scientific background and a questioning view on climate change. NASA provides some of the most extensive data on climate change in the world, and while Bridenstine agreed during his confirmation hearing in November...
22 January 2020
2.2 billion year old impact crater is confirmed as Earth's oldest
.... Its hard to say for sure, but the effects of impact cratering have long been recognised as drivers of climate change over Earth’s history; the Chicxulub crater in Mexico is another example which is believed to have resulted in global cooling...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
...one martian year. It will also study the connection between weather change and atmospheric loss, a process that is thought to be linked...that might support life. Understanding the geographical and climate changes of Mars and the other planets will help...
01 October 2019
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
... that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond”. As such, it covers the gamut of threats from climate change to nuclear weapons and discusses biotech, cybertech and even God (in which Rees does not believe). Perhaps...
