Two basic atmospheric factors can explain the weak and, at times, contrasting trends in global wind energy dissipation under climate change.

Imagine for a moment the atmosphere is a kitchen sink. Wildfires, industry emissions, plants and microbes dump their grimy dishes into it in the form of noxious and planet-heating gases. The only ...

Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It’s also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils. A new study, published in ...

A rocket blasts off from a launchpad into a cloudy sky. A recent surge in space pollution is largely coming from the increasing launch of megaconstellations, such as SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, ...

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...

Between 30 and 60 miles above Earth’s surface lies a largely unstudied stretch of the atmosphere. It’s too high for airplanes and weather balloons, too low for satellites and nearly impossible to ...

Climate change is having an increasing impact on the structure of Earth's atmosphere, a new international study shows. The research draws on decades of observations to quantify that warming ...