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

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked up in rocks.

Early Tuesday morning, a delicate, wispy cloud type rarely seen formed over western Montana, lighting up the pre-dawn sky.

In the lowest layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere—where weather occurs—there spins a polar vortex that circles the globe year round, a jet stream that’s also sometimes referred to as ...

Millions are bracing for a deep freeze to set over the southern half of Australia, with an icy and wintry chill locking firmly in place as parts of NSW mark the coldest day of the year.

Defining 'coldest' is tricky First, let's start with the definition of "coldest", because there are quite a few ways to answer it. We've looked at two different metrics.

The forest breathes! There is a constant exchange of gases, like carbon dioxide and water vapor, between trees, soils and the atmosphere, and scientists measure these exchanges to know where ...

This is explained by churning in the atmosphere. Molecules made at warmer temperatures in the lower atmosphere are brought to the cold, upper atmosphere very quickly.” A New Chapter in Exoplanet ...

The Montreal Protocol The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 ...