What would happen if Earth became 2 degrees warmerUma SharmaJessica Orwig
Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are drying, and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace.
The temperature on Mars is relatively low, averaging about minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 60 degrees Celsius).
Interestingly, according to researchers, the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed by an alarming 2.8 degrees Celsius, which is faster than any other part of the world. This means that if this warming were to continue unabated, it is very likely that in the future we could see a “tropical” Antarc...
Because CO2 traps and holds heat, the more CO2 in the atmosphere, the more heat is retained and the higher the average temperature of the planet.The planet Venus, which is almost the same size as Earth but is closer to the Sun, has an atmosphere that is 96 percent carbon dioxide. This...
Depending on temperature, air can hold a fixed amount of water vapor; relative humidity is the ratio of actual vapor in the air to this fixed amount. For example, at a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius), one cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of air can hold about 18 ...
What we can do is talk about some things that all living things on Earth share: They're carbon-based; they require water; they use energy. Perhaps most important for survival, they can grow or reproduce in some way. So is that all scientists and astrobiologists are looking for when searc...
However, tardigrades do have a fatal weakness: They wilt in hot water. Tardigrades can die within a day in water temperatures of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), one study found. Sandra McInnesScientist with the British Antarctic Survey Sandra McInnes is a tardigrade researche...
This all happened within just the first second after the universe began, when the temperature of everything was still insanely hot, at about 10 billion degrees Fahrenheit (5.5 billion Celsius),according to NASA. The cosmos now contained a vast array of fundamental particles such as neutrons, ele...
Corn, the most abundant grain in the U.S., falters when temperatures reach about 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius). "Where you start to see temperatures exceed that, it really damages those crops. Yields start to decline a little bit each time the temperature exceeds that threshold," Jina...