Atmospheric science is the study of the dynamics and chemistry of the layers of gas that surround the Earth, other planets and moons. This encompasses the interactions between various parts of the ...

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Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s melting rapidly. Climate change is causing more intense atmospheric rivers, which can deliver intense snowfall — ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to map the atmosphere of WASP-121b in 3D and what they found sounds like ...

In 2023, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels hit 420 ppm, the highest in 800,000 years. Global warming has reached alarming ...

Washington — As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — ...