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Climate Science of 2020

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                    U. S. Drought Monitor  The Top Five Climate Stories of 2020 (Andrea THOMPSON, Scientific American ; December 22, 2020) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-top-five-climate-stories-of-2020/ Climate change:  Threshold for dangerous warming will likely be crossed between 2027-2042 (News, MCGILL University ; December 21, 2020) https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/climate-change-threshold-dangerous-warming-will-likely-be-crossed-between-2027-2042-327290 Selected Research Articles : An observation-based scaling model for climate sensitivity estimates and global projections to 2100 (HÉBERT et al., 2020) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-020-05521-x Return to different climate states by reducing sulphate aerosols under future  CO 2 concentrations (TAKEMURA, 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78805-1 Websites : United in Science   [ World Meteo...

Most Precise Milky Way Galaxy Map to Date featuring a Billion Stars

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Milky Way over San Francisco Peaks by Deborah Lee SOLTESZ, USFS , Link Best map of the Milky Way reveals a billion stars in motion                                                         (David CASTELVECCHI, Nature ; 03 December 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03432-9 This 3D Map of the Milky Way is the Best View Yet of Our Galaxy’s Warped Twisted Shape  (Charles Q. CHOI, Space.com ; August 1, 2019) https://www.space.com/milky-way-3d-map-warped-shape.html GAIA creates richest star Map of our Galaxy - and beyond                                                               [News Release, European Space Agency (ESA) ; 25/04/2018] https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_S...