28 August 2016
How habitable is Proxima b?
... is its ability to hang on to all of its volatiles – not just water – but also non-condensible gases (with a greenhouse effect or not) to prevent the formation of a cold-trap on the planet’s surface. To do this, a planet would need an appreciable...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...from PV panels on the lunar surface would allow for greenhouse crop growth across the year from a permanently lit ...stranded on Mars in The Martian he plants potatoes in a greenhouse using Martian soil and his own ‘metabolic waste’. Many researchers ...
November 2018
Monitoring illegal rainforest deforestation
... Barber, Mark A. Cochrane, Carlos M. Souza & William F. Laurance; Biological Conservation 177 (2014) 203–209) 2 Deforestation and Greenhouse Gases, a study by the Congressional Budget Office of the Congress of the United States, January 2012; cbo.gov...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... will recycle these organic materials through different processes. At the end of the cycle, fertiliser for the greenhouses will be produced in order to make the lunar settlement independent of Earth. The by-product of this process is the gas...
January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
...on its energy bill in the first year and nearly US$9 million annually on energy costs. That’s a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to around 10,000 passenger vehicles. Or take the transportation industry. Our lives run on transportation...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... analysis at various levels of projects, initiatives and decision-making. Starting in the atmosphere, satellites can detect levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, and what impact rising levels are having on humans, animals...
