Yet, as the pace of change quickens, the need for action becomes ever more urgent. The fate of these ancient microbes—and the atmosphere they’re now transforming—depends on choices we make ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Those changes in the wild blue yonder far above our heads could feed back to change our world below. The story of changing temperatures in the atmosphere at all levels is largely the story of CO 2 .

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...