California is in the midst of a strong atmospheric river that's caused flooding, evacuations, road closures, and mention of it is all over the news and social media. And this comes on the heel of two ...

In our daily lives, dust is little more than a nuisance to be wiped away. On a global scale however, dust carried around the world on air currents has an impact on planetary temperatures. A new study ...

First direct evidence shows rocket reentries can release lithium into the upper atmosphere. Measurements by Robin Wing et al. confirm pollution from a Falcon 9 reentry in February 2025.

The industry’s moonshot goal is to scale up production to 1 billion cubic meters, or 264 billion gallons, of water every year, according to an ASU researcher. Atmospheric water harvesting is stirring ...

In the 1990s, scientists began to use the term "atmospheric river" to refer to strips of water vapor in the air that can be as narrow as a few hundred miles wide, but thousands of miles long. They ...

As California braces for another powerful atmospheric river storm on Sunday, Tulare Lake continues to remind visitors of the powerful consequences these extreme storms can have. Floodwaters in the ...

Climate scientists have reported the highest levels of carbon dioxide ever recorded in the atmosphere. The latest in a long line of record-breaking years saw the world hit a grim new milestone of 50 ...

OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN — The interior of the plane looked like a cross between a private luxury jet and a space mission control room. The Gulfstream IV cruised at 43,000 feet, high above a ...

While hydrogen itself doesn’t trap greenhouse gases, its interaction with other gases can indirectly heat the atmosphere 11 ...

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can stretch hundreds of miles horizontally.