Tag: Kyushu University
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Rising CO2 and the Ionosphere: How Global Warming Could Disrupt Shortwave Space Communications
Global warming reaches new frontiers: space communications under threat As the planet warms, scientists are uncovering a surprising wrinkle in how climate change could affect our ability to communicate through space and near-space environments. A team from Kyushu University has found that rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s atmosphere may cool the upper atmosphere…
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CO2 Rise and Ionosphere: Threat to Space Communications
Rising CO2 and a Cooling Upper Atmosphere: Why Space Communications Could Be at Risk As global warming accelerates, researchers are turning their attention to how atmospheric changes affect the ionosphere, a region roughly 60 to 1,000 kilometers above Earth. A team from Kyushu University has found that higher carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, while warming Earth’s…
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Rising CO2 Could Disrupt Space Communications via Sporadic-E Ionosphere Changes
Overview: A Climate Link to Space-Weather Disruptions As the planet warms, researchers are uncovering how rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels may extend their influence beyond the surface. A team from Kyushu University has reported that higher CO2 concentrations can cool the ionosphere, a region about 100 kilometers above Earth’s surface where charged particles interact with…