Scientists agree that a warmer atmosphere will mean more intense storms. And North Carolina is expected to warm by 2 to 4 ...

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like ...

But as Earth gets warmer, mostly due to the rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from humans burning fossil fuels, clouds are changing too. And that might already be causing more warming—adding ...

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and ...

The greenhouse effect was discovered more than 150 years ago and the first scientific paper linking carbon dioxide levels in ...

Stars are far from calm entities. They can erupt in spectacular bursts of energy that disrupt the space around them, and these stellar flares can dramatically alter the atmospheres of planets, even ...

A warmer atmosphere also gets “thirstier”: For every 1 degree Celsius of warming, the air can hold 6 to 7 percent more water. That means more moisture is available to fall as rain: This ...

If scientists of the 19th century could have used modern tools to study the atmosphere, they might have noticed the early ...

Penguin poop may alter the atmosphere and fight climate change Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 finds.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again delivered a stunning view of Jupiter’s ever-changing atmosphere. In this latest image, a trail of drifting clouds appears to form the shape of a dolphin gliding ...