Carbon dioxide is giving Earth a jolt!
Did you know there’s about 400 parts per million (ppm) of caffeine in coffee? There's over 400 ppm of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere today. If you've felt the surge of caffeine hitting your system, you've experienced the effects of just 400 ppm.
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Graphic looks down on a cup of coffee, with Planet Earth as the “coffee.” To the right of the coffee cup is the text “Can you tell the difference between caffeinated coffee and decaf?” Below the coffee cup is the text “If so, you have detected a concentration of 400 parts per million (ppm). There’s more than 400 ppm of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere.” It follows with bold text saying “Small amounts of powerful substances have big effects.”
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Another first for @nasawebb ✨
The space telescope captured the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in a planet’s atmosphere outside of our solar system, ushering in a new era of exoplanet science.
This observation provides important information about the composition and formation of the planet. It also offers evidence that, in the future, Webb may be able to detect and measure CO2 in the thinner atmospheres of smaller, rocky planets.
The planet Webb analyzed - and that's shown above in an illustration - is known as WASP-39 b. It's a hot gas giant with a mass roughly the same as Saturn and a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter’s. The planet’s extreme puffiness is related in part to its high temperature (about 1,600º Fahrenheit, or 900º Celsius). Previous observations from other space telescopes revealed the presence of water vapor, sodium, and potassium in WASP-39 b’s atmosphere.
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