Artist’s impression of AWE mapping the properties of global mesospheric gravity waves. Credit: NASA NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is…
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The climate crisis is intensifying, with 2023 set to be the hottest year on record according to a study using the China global Merged Surface…
Final images of Aeolus during its brief phase as space debris acquired by the Space Observation Radar TIRA of Fraunhofer FHR. (Note the color represents…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory-developed imaging spectrometer, targeting greenhouse gas emissions, has been delivered to Planet Labs PBC. Set for a 2024 launch, it will enhance…
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in orbit over Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC The PACE spacecraft completed a vital month-long thermal test at…
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) —is a SmallSat mission that will characterize the electric currents that link Earth’s aurora to the planet’s magnetosphere. This…
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) —is a SmallSat mission that will characterize the electric currents that link Earth’s aurora to the planet’s magnetosphere. This…
New research has found that a strong electric field at the surface between airborne water droplets and the surrounding air can create hydroxide (OH) through…
Annual mean near-surface air temperature response to methane, decomposed into shortwave effects only. Credit: Robert Allen/UCR Impacts of potent greenhouse gas: a bit lower than…
Earth’s Ozone Hole 2020. Credit: ESA In the 1980s, scientists discovered a gaping hole in Earth’s ozone layer, caused by humanmade chemicals. But thanks to…
Clouds play a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate, impacting the water cycle, atmospheric dynamics, and energy balance. Studying them, however, has been challenging due…
Air pollution is a serious and growing environmental problem affecting the health and well-being of people and ecosystems all over the world. Air pollution contributes…
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…