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Browsing: Atmospheric Science
Atmospheric science is the study of Earth’s atmosphere and the complex processes that govern weather, climate, and air quality. It encompasses meteorology, climatology, and atmospheric chemistry and physics, aiming to understand phenomena like storms, heatwaves, greenhouse gas dynamics, and long-term climate change. Researchers in this field use satellite data, computer models, and field observations to track atmospheric patterns and predict future conditions. This page highlights cutting-edge research in atmospheric science, including insights into extreme weather, climate systems, and the ways human activity is altering the air we breathe and the climate we depend on.
Oxygen first accumulated in the Earth’s atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, during the Great…
Coral reef islands across the world could naturally adapt to survive the impact of rising…
IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog’s impact on vegetation…
An atmospheric region in the Southern Ocean unchanged by human-related activities. Colorado State University Distinguished…
Tracking Fossil Fuel Emissions With Carbon-14 Researchers from NOAA and the University of Colorado have…
The effect of nitric acid on aerosol particles in the atmosphere may offer an explanation…
PNNL-led researchers: Conditions that started decades ago are changing forests and are likely to continue.…
New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck…
Research on Russian drill core challenges long-standing models of oxygenation on Earth. Earth may have…
To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space…
In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are…
Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation…
US Gulf Coast among regions hit with conditions not expected for decades. Most everyone knows…
An important new tool to combat climate change is now available. Using data from the…
A supercell thunderstorm pelted a city center in Argentina a few years ago with hailstones…
By tracking the thick clouds of Venus’ rapidly rotating atmosphere, researchers have gained new insight…
Record-Breaking Air Pollution in Nine Cities American Lung Association’s ‘State of the Air’ report finds…