Researchers in China have developed a way of locating giant "equatorial plasma bubbles" in the ionosphere by analyzing the ...

Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the ...

The human fingerprint on global warming was likely evident in Earth’s atmosphere far earlier than previously thought—even ...

Hot air holds more moisture than cold air. That simple truth, while familiar to anyone who’s used a blow dryer or walked ...

New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that ...

Between 50 and 1,000 kilometers above our heads is the ionosphere, a layer of Earth's upper atmosphere consisting of charged ...

Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its diameter is about 51,000 kilometers, about four times that of the Earth, and its ...

The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, ...

A rapidly warming Arctic is driving long-lasting summer extremes, such as this month’s sweltering temperatures, new research ...

Solar flares can reshape exoplanet atmospheres within days, affecting temperature, winds, and potential habitability.