Atmospheric radiation encompasses the multifaceted processes by which solar energy and thermal emission interact within the Earth’s atmosphere. It is fundamental to the planet’s energy budget ...

Clouds are the predominant modulator of atmospheric radiation and significant uncertainties remain in understanding the relationships between clouds, radiation, and temperature.

Methane is a greenhouse gas with dual personalities. It heats Earth’s atmosphere 28 times as potently as carbon dioxide, gram for gram. But its absorption of the sun’s radiation high in the ...

The atmospheric memory that feeds billions of people: Newly discovered mechanism for monsoon rainfall Date: May 7, 2025 Source: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Summary: Across ...

Why Earth's atmosphere appears to glow gold in new NASA photo Though we can't always see it, the optical phenomenon is constantly shining throughout Earth's atmosphere.

The American Geophysical Union links a recent, temporary shrinking of a high atmospheric layer with a sharp drop in the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation levels.

The atmosphere removes water from the surface through evaporation, with temperature, wind, humidity and radiation from the sun controlling how much water is evaporated.

Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in in the Earth’s upper atmosphere in 1958, space scientists have believed that these belts consisted of two doughnut-shaped rings of highly ...

Clouds, which can absorb or reflect incoming radiation and affect the amount of radiation escaping from Earth's atmosphere, remain the greatest source of uncertainty in global climate modeling.

Scientists link a recent, temporary shrinking of a high atmospheric layer with a sharp drop in the sun's ultraviolet radiation levels.