Nitrates in the atmosphere reduce air quality and play an important role in climate change. An international team led by ...

A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions.

Oxygen is removed from the atmosphere through decomposition processes and respiration in living organisms. Phosphorus is a component of biological molecules such as RNA, DNA, phospholipids ...

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 ...

Carbon dioxide may be a naturally occurring substance on Earth, but too much of its presence has contributed to global ...

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...

Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms ... The convention’s effectiveness is judged partly on the amount of mercury in the atmosphere. Gaseous elemental ...

This metallic ash can harm the atmosphere and potentially alter ... scientists hope to begin unraveling the chemical side of this elusive process. For researchers like Barker, that means finally ...

It’s possible that the molecules were produced by another unknown chemical process on the planet which ... and methane within the planet’s atmosphere using Webb’s Near-Infrared Imager ...