Atmospheric Science

Starting today, over 65 carefully selected journal articles and book chapters will be publicly available to raise awareness of Earth Day 2021 New York, April 22, 2021 - Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information…

Grant will push study of atmospheric 'blocking events' that cause extreme weatherCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (April 21, 2021) - Remember Hurricane Harvey? Look west and there was an atmospheric block. Remember the Great Freeze of…

Here's how NASA keeps track of its changesCredit: NASA/Jeremy Harbeck Everything on our planet -- the land, the water, the air, people -- is connected by the various chemical, physical and biological processes that make up what we call…

When air quality in China is poor, locally-reported air pollution measurements diverge from US embassy-reported measurements more than would be expected by random chanceCredit: Edward Cunningham A new analysis of air pollution data…

A Stanford-designed tool could guide floodwater management and combat ongoing droughtCredit: Courtesy Terranova Ranch Inc. Floodwaters are not what most people consider a blessing. But they could help remedy California's increasingly…

Polymer-eating enzymes embedded in plastic allow programmed degradationCredit: Christopher DelRe, UC Berkeley Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem bedeviling the…

New study finds the economic harms of methane emissions can vary greatly by region What is the cost of 1 ton of a greenhouse gas? When a climate-warming gas such as carbon dioxide or methane is emitted into the atmosphere, its impacts may…

What The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether short-term exposure to air pollution from a 2018 California wildfire was associated with changes in the number of clinic visits for eczema or itch and medications prescribed for eczema.…

The disastrous consequences of climate "tipping points" could be averted if global warming was reversed quickly enough, new research suggests. Once triggered, tipping points may lead to abrupt changes such as the dieback of the Amazon…

Credit: Image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to power the whole of the United…

Coral reefs around the world are under threat from rising sea temperatures, ocean acidification, disease and overfishing, among other reasons. Tracking signs of stress and ill health is difficult because corals -- an animal host…

Deregulated US Government oversight on interstate waters leaves murky implications for statesCredit: University of Houston Law Center The familiar murkiness of waters in the Gulf of Mexico can be off-putting for beachgoers visiting…

Research team shows that restoration efforts can brighten an ecosystem's future, but cannot erase its pastCredit: Nash Turley An expansive project led by Michigan State University's Lars Brudvig is examining the benefits, and limits,…

This is the inaugural City University of New York (CUNY) Conference on Climate Change Education (C4E) -- and is drawing environmental experts and educators from around the world On Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, 2021 LaGuardia Community…

Credit: (Animation by Afonso Gonçalves Neto) KINGSTON, R.I., -- April 20, 2021 -- The Northwest Atlantic Shelf is one of the fastest-changing regions in the global ocean, and is currently experiencing marine heat waves, altered…

The worldwide adoption of biotechnologies to improve crop production has stalled, putting global food security at risk, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Birmingham. The group, which includes…

Credit: Stephan Harrison Some Himalayan glaciers are more resilient to global warming than previously predicted, new research suggests. Rock glaciers are similar to "true" ice glaciers in that they are mixtures of ice and rock that move…

One of the marks of a successful idea in science is how quickly it can develop and evolve. In the case of the Anthropocene, the conceptual evolution has taken place with extraordinary speed. The strikingly influential hypothesis launched…

The findings suggest that winters in Europe and in eastern US may get warmer and wetterCredit: Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. MIAMI--A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM)…

Credit: Gina Viglietti Our planet's worst mass extinction event happened 252 million years ago when massive volcanic eruptions caused catastrophic climate change. The vast majority of animal species went extinct, and when…