For example, the solid lines on the constant pressure chart below depict the height of the 500 mb surface. So, why use constant pressure instead of “constant altitude” to depict the weather aloft?

These studies provide new insights into atmospheric temperatures, possible magma oceans and the origins of planetary atmospheres. "We wanted to paint a more complete picture of the inner workings ...

Temperatures then rise steadily with the warmest day expected on Wednesday. Highs in Spokane could reach the 70s which would break a record. Tuesday will be mostly dry. Increasing instability ...

(Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Cooler, cloudier conditions and periods of light rain are forecast in San Diego County through Friday night as a weakening atmospheric river moves ...

However, the new study also suggests these weather systems bring heat to the lower atmosphere, creating temperature anomalies 9–18 F above average. These impacts are especially pronounced in ...

The aforementioned Haber-Bosch process, which is the most widely used method for making ammonia with high temperature and ... microdroplets of atmospheric water vapor and nitrogen from said ...

Much of Northern California is forecast to see its first atmospheric river of the season this week, bringing with it rain and cold temperatures which have prompted meteorologists to issue a freeze ...

A phenomenon known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation is characterized by extremes in Pacific Ocean temperatures and shifts in atmospheric patterns. The cycle involves opposite phases ...

The curve also confirms that Earth's temperature is strongly correlated to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The team created the temperature curve utilizing an approach called data ...

This fossil palm leaf (Sabalites sp.), discovered in Petersburg Borough, Alaska, is on display in “The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

But, in keeping with decades of past research on climate, the chart hews closely to estimates of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with temperatures rising in proportion to concentrations of the ...

As global temperatures rise yearly due to climate change, oceans continue to see significant losses in biodiversity, rising sea levels, and environmental damage. "While atmospheric temperatures ...