There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...

In a feedback of fire and ice, thinning ice sheets over geologic hot spots could allow more eruptions, while increased ...

The cause of this atmospheric escape was unknown, but Zhang reasoned that if Pluto's atmosphere contained a layer of haze, then this haze would absorb what little extreme ultraviolet light from ...

From cloud seeding to stratospheric atmosphere injections, discover the technologies being used to ensure a sustainable future for our planet ...

A look at the strength of the atmospheric cap on Saturday as well as surface temperatures. In a previous Beyond the Barometer, we discussed that an atmospheric cap is a layer in the atmosphere of ...

In the atmospheric layer above it, about 10 to 30 miles up, is the stratospheric polar vortex, where every winter a sunlight-starved Arctic spins up a mass of cold air that, ultimately, dissipates ...

Donald Trump’s administration pushed back on allegations that cuts to the federal workforce hampered its response to deadly ...

NASA’s GOLD mission has made a discovery that is changing how scientists understand Earth’s upper atmosphere. For the first time ever, GOLD has seen X-shaped patterns in the ionosphere—a ...

Atmospheric Boundary Layer: The lowest segment of the atmosphere that is directly influenced by the Earth's surface, characterised by turbulent air flows and rapid meteorological changes.

The world needs to lower its dependence on fossil fuels. Countries have done so in fits and starts: issues like war, poverty, disease, and inflation have often left climate mitigation on the back ...

Ever since the first dinosaur fossils were identified in the 19th century, scientists have been trying to figure out why ...

Seattle's sunny morning will change as clouds roll in tonight, with a cooler 62°F. Rain is possible midweek, but sunny skies ...