The rapid unscheduled disassembly of SpaceX's Starship mega rocket may have released significant amounts of harmful ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

Most ozone-depleting substances also contribute to global warming. By reining in these substances and protecting carbon sinks ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years — and pinpoints why.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

The climate has changed in the past, long before humans, so how do scientists know our recent warming is caused by man?

Weather, climate and hydrometeorology forecasts require accurate surface-atmosphere coupled modeling, but arbitrary reference heights have been used in computing surface turbulent fluxes. A team of ...

The dataset covers the period between September 2004 and December 2023 and will enable researchers to explore and model some ...

This layer of the atmosphere is notoriously difficult to study, but new research sheds light on its mysterious processes.

WASHINGTON - In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 ...

Let's examine the atmosphere's structure. The troposphere, which extends up about 6 miles from the Earth's surface, is the ...