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Stellar Weather Watch
In a new paper, Simon Jeffery reports the discovery of standing waves on two small hot stars similar to the pattern of jet streams seen in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Astronomy & You
Can Light Power our Planet?
It’s International Day of Light today! In honour of this international event, we at Astronotes decided it would be an excellent chance to explain how light could be the future for our climate and the answer to our questions about how we can power our planet! What is light? Light Read more…
Climate
Museum Week 2020 – #ClimateMW Playlist
This week it’s Museum Week 2020 and today has the honour of being #ClimateMW day! Here at AOP we monitor the weather daily, and have been keeping weather records for over 200 years – clearly we are very interested in our weather and the climate. On Astronotes we have quite Read more…
Climate
Brandolini’s Law: Climate – Climate & The Ocean
In honour of the UN Climate Summit, we have another article in our series on climate change, Brandolini’s Law: Climate.
Climate
World Cleanup Day
Ever been on a walk and noticed rubbish on the side of the road, footpath, on the beach or in a park? Probably. I can’t count the number of times I have. While it might not be the most pleasant thing in the world to pick up other peoples’ rubbish, Read more…
Climate
Brandolini’s Law: Climate – Earth Species
Following on in our climate change series, we have a piece from Anna Taylor, one of our Education Officers, on the impact our changing climate will have on life on earth. Climate change is the biggest pending disaster the human race has ever faced. But it’s not just humans facing Read more…
Climate
Brandolini’s Law: Climate – How Climate Change Works
Following from last week’s introduction to our climate change series, this week we have an article explaining how climate change actually works and why it happens. Firstly, we will be drawing on our sister planet Venus as an example. Earth’s Evil Twin Earth and Venus are, on the face of Read more…
Climate
Brandolini’s Law: Climate – Climate Change Is Real
Welcome to the first article in our new series about the current state of flux our planet is in; Brandolini’s Law: Climate. We will explore the issues surrounding climate change such as how a debate formed around its existence, how climate change works, the effects it can have on a Read more…