NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the U.S. portion of these missions for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Since the Industrial Revolution, widespread fossil fuel usage has rocketed by a third. That’s because warm water gets warmer, it expands.…
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Environmental and Earth
Greenland Ice Sheet Could Cause The Global Sea Level Rise
by Steffen Kohl January 5, 2020In some scenarios, greenhouse gas pollution increased throughout the 20th century. Recent wildfires have also left a cake of dark soot that absorbs more sunlight, enhancing surface melt. And what caused them is punctuated sea level rise-sea level rise of…
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Environmental and Earth
Does The Increasing Urban Heat Islands Increase Global Warming Trend
by Steffen Kohl April 20, 2019However, the graph still shows a long-term trend of global temperature time. One of those ways is to compare them with satellite measurements. And with about 15 years of data from a single satellite and surface data is possible. Experts…