Lisa will detect gravitational waves

 A trio of satellites will detect gravitational waves more precisely than ever before.

 

Sources:

• http://sci.esa.int/cosmic-vision/59243-gravitational-wave-mission-selected-planet-hunting-mission-moves-forward/
• http://sci.esa.int/cosmic-vision/

Event Horizon Telescope too see long time away

A new telescope (that in reality is a group of telescopes all around the world) provides new information about our galaxy black hole.

Sources:
Event Horizon Telescope
This global telescope may finally see the event horizon of our galaxy's giant black hole | Science | AAAS
Edge of darkness: looking into the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way | Science | The Guardian
Event Horizon Telescope ready to image black hole - BBC News
Worldwide Telescope Network Will Take Best-Ever Images of Black Holes
How an Earth-sized telescope will 'see' a supermassive black | Cosmos

The Volcanic Hydrogen increases the Habitable Zone

Combining the greenhouse warming effect from hydrogen, water and carbon dioxide on planets sprinkled throughout the cosmos, distant stars could expand their habitable zones by 30 to 60 percent, according to this new research.

Sources:

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/02/volcanic-hydrogen-spurs-chances-finding-exoplanet-life

Bacteria on Mars for improve soil and crop production

New research for adapt bacteria for life on Mars and modify soil in order to enhance crop production.

Could be a great technique for Mars terraformation.

Sources:

http://www.mars-one.com/news/press-releases/can-bacteria-survive-in-mars-soil-and-thus-enhance-crop-production

https://community.mars-one.com/blog/category/wieger-wamelink

Equation for measure the impact of human activity on the Earth system

Humans are a very important factor in the Earth system...

Co-researcher Professor Will Steffen from ANU said the study for the first time came up with a mathematical equation to describe the impact of human activity on the Earth system, known as the Anthropocene equation.

Sources:

Humans affect Earth system more than natural forces

The Anthropocene equation - Feb 10, 2017

The importance of subterranean microbes

Here we apply terabase-scale cultivation-independent metagenomics to aquifer sediments and groundwater, and reconstruct 2,540 draft-quality, near-complete and complete strain-resolved genomes that represent the majority of known bacterial phyla as well as 47 newly discovered phylum-level lineages. Metabolic analyses spanning this vast phylogenetic diversity and representing up to 36% of organisms detected in the system are used to document the distribution of pathways in coexisting organisms.

Sources:

Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system : Nature Communications

More CO2 than ever

The carbon dioxide at pre-industrial level was about 278 ppm...
... nowadays is at 400ppm.

Sources:

Globally Averaged CO2 Levels Reach 400 parts per million in 2015 | World Meteorological Organization