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Explosive Cyclogenesis (aka: “Bomb Cyclone”)

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What the heck is a bomb cyclone? (Rachel FELTMAN,  Popular Science ; November 27, 2019) https://www.popsci.com/bomb-cyclone/ East Coast Bomb Cyclone   ( NASA ; January 4, 2018)  Selected Research Articles: A Case Study of Explosive Cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific (REED and ALBRIGHT, 1986) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281986%29114%3C2297%3AACSOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Synoptic Dynamic Climatology of the “Bomb” (SANDERS and GYAKUM, 1980) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108%3C1589%3ASDCOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Cyclogenesis in Polar Air Streams (REED, 1979) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281979%29107%3C0038%3ACIPAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2 An Approach to the Classification of Meteorological Satellite Data (HOPKINS, 1967) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0450%281967%29006%3C0164%3AAATTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Northwest Pacific Bomb Cyclone ( NASA ; January 16, 2013)

The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed

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The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed : NASA scientists used data from different instruments to detail the array of geologic features across the giant moon of Saturn. (Press Release, NASA-JPL ; November 18, 2019)

Citizen Science with the Transit of Mercury - Sky & Telescope

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Citizen Science with the Transit of Mercury - Sky & Telescope : If you're planning on watching the November 11th transit of Mercury, try kicking it up a notch — watch with a friend and calculate the distance between Earth and the Sun! (Zack STOCKBRIDGE, Sky & Telescope ; October 27, 2017) Terrestrial Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars Watch Mercury Spin on its Axis (MESSENGER Mission -  NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington ;  May 23, 2013)

New “Artificial Leaf” reduces Atmospheric CO2 to CH4

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Scientists create ‘artificial leaf’ that turns carbon dioxide into fuel (Media Release,   University of Waterloo News ; November 4, 2019) https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/scientists-create-artificial-leaf-turns-carbon-dioxide-fuel Featured Research Article: Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol (WU et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0490-3 N. B. :  Abstract only! KEELING Curve - Mauna Loa Monthly CO2 Mean Concentration (1958 - 2019) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en