The ice held part of the answer to a question that had vexed scientists for years: How much of the methane in the atmosphere, one of the most potent sources of global warming, comes from the oil ...

Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. While the formation of ozone is often attributed to ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation systems we rely on. Scientists have now used Japan's extensive network of Global ...

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 ...

Hurricane Season: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast a range of 13 to 19 total named storms during ...

The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...

A hidden source of clean energy could power the planet for more than a hundred thousand years if tapped into, according to ...

The rise of severe weather live-streams backs up research showing more people than ever go online for storm watches and ...

The 120-mile Tijuana River flows from Baja California into the United States and discharges millions of gallons of wastewater ...

Using the joint U.S.-Taiwanese COSMIC-2 satellite network, as well as 37 ground-based radars called ionosodes, the team ...

The team found that overall mercury levels increased until 2002 and then began to fall as regulations to reduce emissions began to have an effect in the environment. During that time, the proportion ...