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Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright

"The heatwave that blanketed much of Australia in early January was five times more likely to occur now than before human-caused global heating changed the climate." World Weather Attribution

"The focus in 2026 is increasingly likely to turn to the nation’s huge fossil fuel exports, an area where the government – which declares it is committed to trying to limit global heating to just 1.5C, a goal rapidly fading from view – remains blatantly hypocritical...Thermal coal expansions still get the greenlight."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/27/through-the-heatwave-haze-the-hypocrisy-of-australias-fossil-fuel-policy-shines-bright

Australia's heatwave smashes temperature records with some places nearing 50C >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/australia-heatwave-smashes-temperature-records/106275472
#FossilFuels #coal #climatedisruption #heatwave #bushfires #HabitableZone

Exoplanets beyond the Conservative #HabitableZone - Habitability: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae21d7 -> Rethinking where life could exist beyond earth: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1113666

A groundbreaking discovery! A Super-Earth, located just $20$ light-years away, has been confirmed to be orbiting within its star's Goldilocks Zone. This placement makes the existence of liquid water highly plausible. This is the moment science fiction turns into a potential fact.
Explore the verified details on FACTOVATE.
#ExoplanetDiscovery #NASAfacts #HabitableZone #FACTOVATE #SpaceNews #Science

https://factovate.com/exoplanet-20-light-years-liquid-water

Astronomen finden nahe, lebensfreundliche Supererde. 18 Lichtjahre entfernter Exoplanet liegt genau in der habitablen Zone seines Sterns. #Supererde #Exoplanet #Astronomie #GJ251c #habitableZone
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/nahe-lebensfreundliche-supererde-entdeckt/

Ahhhh... The soil had a deep drink, the air has cleared and there is a cool breeze. Bring it on!!!

#Maine #MaineWx #ClimateChangeDiary #HabitableZone #MaineDrought #Heatwave #Relief #ClimateDiaryMaine #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel

Dieses Sternsystem enthält fünf potenziell bewohnbare Planeten
Die Exoplanetenforschung hat in den letzten Jahren rasante F
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/dieses-sternsystem-enthaelt-fuenf-potenziell-bewohnbare-planeten/
#News #Tellerrand #Astronomie #AuerirdischesLeben #ESPRESSOSpektrograph #Exoplaneten #ExtrasolarePlaneten #habitabel #HabitableZone #HARPSSpektrograph #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #L9859 #Planetenforschung #Planetensystem #RotenZwerg #TRAPPIST1 #Universittsforschung

@nwsgray_bot It was nice to be in the #GoldilocksZone / #HabitableZone for a few days...

#ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMaine

Detailed Architecture of the L 98-59 System and Confirmation of a Fifth Planet in the #HabitableZone: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09343 -> A diverse cast of rocky worlds around a small star revealed by Montreal astronomers: https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/07/22/a-udem-team-confirms-a-fifth-potentially-habitable-planet-around-l-98-59-a-red-dwarf-35-l/

The local meteorologist referred to today's weather as the "Goldilocks Zone." I described that as "#HabitableZone" on my #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel -- but I like the idea of #GoldilocksZone -- not too hot, not too cold. Treasuring the days where we're in the G-Zone.

A #Galactic Habitable Zone excludes stars too close to the galactic center. Our Sun is a nice distance away from the galactic center, about 28,000 light years. Keeping out of the way of the Galaxy’s spiral arms is another requirement of the Galactic #HabitableZone https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/galactic-habitable-zones/

#NASA #astrobiology #SETI

3-Jun-2025
#SuperEarth discovered in #habitableZone of Sun-like star via TTV technique, paving way for ‘Earth 2.0’ searches
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086136

#science #astrobiology #exoplanets

#30DayChartChallenge Día 29: Extraterrestrial! 👽✨ ¡Planetas con su incertidumbre a cuestas! #UncertaintiesWeek #Astronomy

Volvemos al gráfico Radio vs Insolación (log-log, color=Temp) de exoplanetas (NASA Archive). Pero hoy añadimos una capa visual para la incertidumbre: el "halo" gris ⚪️ detrás de cada punto.

El tamaño del halo es proporcional al log(error) reportado para la Insolación. ¡Halos grandes = más incertidumbre en la energía que recibe ese planeta!

Es un recordatorio de que los datos astronómicos tienen errores y no todos los puntos son igual de "seguros". Interesante ver qué planetas en la zona habitable (verde) tienen más incertidumbre. (+ Venus/Tierra/Marte 💎).

🛠 #rstats #ggplot2 #ggrepel | Data: NASA | Theme: #theme_week5_uncertainty
📂 Código/Viz: https://t.ly/ygNLW

#Day29 #Extraterrestrial #dataviz #DataVisualization #Exoplanets #HabitableZone #Astrobiology #UncertaintyViz #ErrorVisualization #NASA #ggplot2 #RStats #Science

Gráfico de dispersión log-log que muestra exoplanetas según el Flujo de Insolación recibido (relativo a la Tierra, eje Y) frente al Radio Planetario (Radios Terrestres, eje X). Cada exoplaneta se representa con dos puntos superpuestos: uno de fondo, más grande, gris y semitransparente (halo), cuyo tamaño indica la incertidumbre en la insolación; y uno encima, más pequeño y menos transparente, coloreado por Temperatura de Equilibrio (K) [escala continua púrpura-amarillo]. Una banda horizontal verde translúcida marca la zona habitable aproximada. Puntos en forma de diamante blanco etiquetan Venus, Tierra y Marte como referencia. Fuente: NASA Exoplanet Archive.

#Spektrum:
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Biomoleküle auf fernem Exoplaneten entdeckt

Auf dem 120 Lichtjahre entfernten Exoplaneten K2-18 b wurden Moleküle gefunden, wie sie von irdischem Phytoplankton hergestellt werden.
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https://www.spektrum.de/news/exoplanet-zeigt-schwefelhaltige-biosignaturen/2263047

17.4.2025

#Astronomie #Dimethyldisulfid #Dimethylsulfid #DMDS #DMS #Exoplanet #HabitableZone #HyceanPlanet #JWST #Leben #Minineptun #MIRI #Planetologie #Transmissionsmethode #Weltraumteleskop

Is the Habitable Worlds Observatory a Good Idea?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.universetoday.com/170942/is-the-habitable-worlds-observatory-a-good-idea/

<p>The Habitable Worlds Observatory, NASA’s planned successor to the James Webb Space Telescope, will be a monster of an instrument. Using the same origami-like technique pioneered by the James Webb, the HWO <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/167280/research-work-begins-on-the-habitable-worlds-observatory/">will unfold a mirror</a> spanning 6-8 meters across. Among its many science goals, its primary mission will be to directly image promising nearby exoplanets to hunt for biosignatures, which are signs of life as we know it.</p>

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<p>The HWO is expected to take cost $11 billion and launch in the first half of the 2040’s. But if the tortured history of the James Webb is any indication, then those numbers are highly optimistic lower bounds.</p>

<p>After all those resources, all that money and time and talent devoted to one single telescope, designers of the HWO hope to survey a grand total of 25 potentially habitable Earth-like worlds.</p>

<p>Surely there’s a better way.</p>

<p>We need to heavily invest in a program of diversification to have the best – and cheapest – chances of success when it comes to finding life outside the Earth. That means we need to search for life in all the places where we least expect it.</p>

<p>Right now our life-hunting programs focus on Earth-like planets orbiting their parent stars within the so-called Habitable Zone, the band where the star’s radiation is just right to allow for liquid water on

Lebensfreundliche Supererde um nahe Sonne. 20 Lichtjahre entfernter Exoplanet kreist in der habitablen Zone seines sonnenähnlichen Sterns. #Exoplanet #Supererde #HD20794d #Planet #Astronomie #habitableZone
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/lebensfreundliche-supererde-um-nahe-sonne-entdeckt/

Neue Beobachtungen des Exoplaneten stellen Astronomen vor ein Rätsel. Seine Oberfläche passt nicht zu dem, was man erwarten würde. Das lässt zwei unterschiedliche Schlüsse zu.#Exoplaneten #TRAPPIST-1b #TRAPPIST-1 #AtmosphäreZwergsterne #Planetensysteme #JWST #HabitableZone #MPIA #Astronomie
Hat dieser Exoplanet doch eine Atmosphäre?

#ClimateDiary for 8/14/2024 in #Maine. Temperatures are in the #HabitableZone, but #WildfireHaze made the "clear" sky hazy white. #AirQuality not the best, especially in #NorthernMaine.

#Wildfires #WildfireSmoke #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #ClimateDiaryMaine

So, usually this trail is not so silent, as it's an ATV trail in summer, and a snowmobile trail in the winter. But for some reason, I had it all to myself today! Days like that are few and far between, but it made for a truly #SilentSunday. Even the lawnmowers and weed whackers were silent! It was just birds and insects! And it wasn't too warm (low 80's) or humid. A true gem of a day!
#Maine #ClimateDiary #HabitableZone #Nature #NatureWalks

A dirt path in the woods, surrounded by lots of green shrubs, maple trees, and pine trees.

Temperatures to challenge all-time highs in #California, #Nevada

Temperatures will not only rival records over the interior West through this weekend, but the heat will pose dangers for those outdoors for long periods and those taking to the roads for holiday travel.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Jul 2, 2024 1:30 PM EDT | Updated Jul 4, 2024 1:42 PM EDT

"While the summertime is quite hot across the interior of the western United States in the valleys, basins and deserts, the heat will soon go above and beyond what is typical. AccuWeather meteorologists continue to warn of dangerous heat that will build through at least the first weekend of July over the interior #Southwest and into mid-July over the interior #West.

"This level of heat will not only challenge daily high-temperature records but will also make a run at some all-time record highs for the month of July and for any time of the year.

"'The worst heat will be over the #CentralValley of California, as well as the deserts of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona and southern Nevada,' Zehr explained, 'These places will see highs of 110 or more; the highest temperatures in Death Valley will be near 130 degrees.'"

#ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #HabitableZone?

So yeah, here in #Maine, we're in the #HabitableZone for a few days, however the #MildWinter and #ExtremeHeat in June have awakened the invasive fruit flies earlier than usual, decimating the #strawberry crops.
#ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #MaineWx

#HabitableZone

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