Hacker News with Generative AI: Atmosphere

In contrast to Earth, Mars's middle atmosphere appears driven by gravity waves (phys.org)
A new study by researchers including those at the University of Tokyo revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes.
Our Search for Life in the Clouds (smithsonianmag.com)
By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists have found microbes living in thin air
The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns (e360.yale.edu)
A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.
Earth's ambipolar electrostatic field and its role in ion escape to space (nature.com)
SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere (nature.com)
Meteorites give the Moon its thin atmosphere (arstechnica.com)
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere (reuters.com)
Megaconstellations like SpaceX's could weaken Earth's magnetic field, atmosphere (livescience.com)