Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

V. Ramanathan, an internationally renowned atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to be an ...

Scientists have long predicted that as climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas makes the air warmer, it holds ...

V. Ramanathan, an internationally renowned atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to be an ...

Atmospheric rivers are likely to become worse and arrive in closer succession, scientists predict. The phenomenon—defined as warm corridors of tropical moisture that travel through the ...

Inez Fung, UC Berkeley atmospheric scientist. Two of the world’s most eminent research institutions from the United States and the United Kingdom issued a joint publication today (Feb. 27) that ...

More information: Shannon M. Curry et al, First direct observations of atmospheric sputtering at Mars, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt1538. Journal information: Science Advances ...