The atmosphere, our invisible shield and lifeline, is transforming before our eyes,” NASA said, verifying a stark change in ...

Carbon stored in landscapes for thousands of years is leaching back into the atmosphere via rivers, and human activity may be ...

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can ...

While atmospheric rivers are an incredibly important source of rainfall ... Western Europe and North Africa also experience frequent atmospheric rivers, as do New Zealand and Australia.

Often, that trigger is the edge of a continent: along the west coast of North and South America, for instance, atmospheric rivers crash into mountains, which forces the sodden air masses higher ...

In fact, he says, these seem to date back to the 1940s during World War II when meteorologists were advising Allied forces in the North Atlantic Theater. Atmospheric river, he says, is similar.

The source of the upcoming wet week is an atmospheric river storm originating from the Pacific in an area north of Hawaii. Atmospheric river storms are the biggest “rivers” on Earth.

Using data from satellite readings of atmospheric composition and chemical transport models, the researchers created a model that allowed them to determine both amounts and sources of methane and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Fall is here and so, too, is the potential for the West Coast to see atmospheric rivers return to the forecast. The Pacific Northwest will miss out on the opportunity to ...

aim to target those sources of pollution. The convention's effectiveness is judged partly on the amount of mercury in the atmosphere. Gaseous elemental mercury is also released from its largest ...