Atmospheric Science

Credit: University of Bristol Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by around 7,000 tonnes from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature today by an…

The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, known as CIRA, supports a broad spectrum of NOAA researchCredit: Steve Miller/CIRA One of the nation's most influential atmospheric science-oriented research institutes, based at…

Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory explore Neptune's largest moon Triton and observe, for the first time beyond the lab, an extraordinary union between carbon monoxide and nitrogen ices. The discovery offers…

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Subtropical Storm Andrea was gone before the storm could even reach Tropical Storm status. The last advisory for this storm was issued at 5:00pm AST/EDT…

San Francisco, CA., May 22, 2019---PLOS today announced that all its journals will offer authors the option to publish their peer review history alongside their accepted manuscript. We are making major strides towards a more open…

A $6M grant from the California Energy Commission will go toward developing a cost-effective, scalable, emission detection approach for the stateCredit: Berkeley Lab Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 30 times more heat…

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Andrea becomes the first subtropical storm for the 2019 season although we are two weeks short of the official start date of June 1. This storm was first…

Melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic, and subsequent sea level rise (SLR) this will cause, is widely recognised as posing a significant threat to coastal communities and ecosystems. Strategies and measures to mitigate and…

Stanford researchers outline vision for profitable approach to cleaning the airCredit: Jackson, et al. 2019 Nature Sustainability / Artist: Stan Coffman A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also…

Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) have successfully obtained images of the structure of two of the most important submarine volcanoes in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. The study was part of the 2018-19 Spanish Antarctic…