On May 11, 1944, a warm and cloudless spring day, U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberators, B-17 Flying fortresses and their fighter escorts lifted off from airfields across southeast England. They climbed, circled, and then formed ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2011
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Earth's climate is strongly influenced by the presence of particles of different shapes and origins -- in the form of dust, ice and pollutants -- that find their way into the lowest portion of the atmosphere, the troposphere. ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 27, 2010
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A new study published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology compiles the scope of the problem of the global dispersal of harmful microorganisms through the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Ecology
Jul 18, 2023
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Pacific Oscillation (APO) is a recently identified atmospheric teleconnection pattern in the Asia-Pacific sector characterized by a seesaw vibration of upper-tropospheric temperatures between Asia and the North Pacific. Teleconnections ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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Molecular-level measurements at Chacaltaya, Bolivia revealed that oxidized organic molecules were linked to isoprene emissions from Amazon rainforests hundreds of kilometers away. This potentially plays a crucial role in ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2023
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As the eastern U.S. and Canada reeled from days of thick wildfire smoke in early June 2023, millions of people faced the reality of climate change for the first time. Shocking images of New York under apocalyptic orange skies ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2023
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Different regions of the world and different sectors of activity emit various amounts of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants affecting climate change. Knowing the details of these contributions can help policymakers ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2023
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A well-known phenomenon in the atmospheric sciences that challenges the classical baroclinic instability theory of cyclone development is midwinter suppression. That is, the North Pacific storm-track activity has a minimum ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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A discovery by former Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student, Mingyi Wang, leading a large collaborative team, sheds light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. The study, published in Nature, reveals an unexpected ...
Materials Science
May 18, 2022
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New research has identified a lesser-known form of ozone playing a big role in heating the Southern Ocean—one of Earth's main cooling systems.
Environment
Apr 22, 2022
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