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Scientists are attempting to use quantum computing technology to solve a practical environmental problem: reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They are…
An MIT study finds that smoke particles in the stratosphere can trigger chemical reactions that erode the ozone layer — and that smoke particles from…
A double rainbow. According to new research, chances to see rainbows will rise in northern latitudes while falling in many tropical regions. According to a…
“Eventually, we will need to find a way to increase the supply of freshwater as conservation and recycled water from existing sources, albeit essential, will…
Left and right figures show warming in Europe of the summer half-year during the latest four decades, subdivided for clear-sky and all.sky conditions, respectively. Credit:…
An increasingly warm and ice-free Arctic Ocean has, in recent decades, led to more moisture in higher latitudes. This moisture is transported south by cyclonic…
An animation showing the calculated eruption altitude using data from three weather satellites. Credit: Simeon Schmauß / Japan Meteorological Agency / Korea Meteorological Administration /…
In a new study, scientists show that living things can have an impact on atmospheric electricity. In fact, insects can produce as much atmospheric electric…
A panning-view of Jupiter’s upper atmospheric temperatures, 1000 kilometers above the cloud tops. Jupiter is shown on top of a visible image for context. In…
A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign. Credit: © 2022 AQABA…
The cloudy Southern Ocean shows an improved radiation budget in the latest IPCC climate models, but there are still significant biases in the simulated cloud…
The telescopes at Maunakea sit calmly at an altitude of around 4200 meters (13,800 feet) beneath a sky filled with extraordinary light. Gemini North’s nighttime…
This looping video shows an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. The GOES-17 satellite…
False-color view of total ozone over the Arctic pole during the beginning of 2020. The purple and blue colors are where there is the least…
Plants make their own ‘secret’ decisions about how much carbon to release back into the atmosphere via a previously unknown process. New research has revealed…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The…
Low-mass planets with a primordial atmosphere of hydrogen and helium might have the temperatures and pressures that allow water in the liquid phase. The presence…
Laboratory set-up of the free-jet flow experiment at TROPOS in Leipzig, with that direct evidence was provided for the first time that the formation of…
NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft captured these views of Uranus (on the left) and Neptune (on the right) during its flybys of the planets in the…