Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atmospheric rivers are long filaments of moisture that curve poleward. Several are visible in this satellite image. Bin Guan, NASA ...

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, to break down in the atmosphere ...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Earth System Science, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and ...

The middle atmosphere (i.e. the atmospheric layer extending from about 10 to 100 km) is known to influence surface weather and climate, and its role in the climate system is increasingly being ...

In recent decades, extreme events such as heatwaves and droughts have become more frequent in Europe. But sometimes a striking division within the continent occurs, as was seen in the summer of 2023: ...

Explosive tropical volcanic eruptions can set off a chain reaction in the atmosphere that weakens the Asian summer monsoon ...

Volcanoes are both captivating and disastrous. Most are likely familiar with the common short-term dangers associated with them: explosive forces, lava, and even atmospheric particles disrupting air ...

"Selected papers presented at the summer institute titled Physics of the upper atmosphere which was conducted by the Physics Department of the University of Texas at El Paso in cooperation with the ...