All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the ...

A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pileup—causing ripple effects across everything from ...

Earth's atmosphere has had an abundance of oxygen for about 2.5 billion years. But what was Earth like before that, and what ...

In this week's Weather Wise, learn about the patterns meteorologists look for in determining heat waves across the west.

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Hydroxyl scrubs the potent greenhouse gas methane from the atmosphere. But its production is linked with emissions of other ...

Symptoms of climate change, such as extreme weather events and wildfires, can significantly impact air quality, potentially ...

In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy ...

Contrary to previous claims, the ocean releases less microplastics into the atmosphere than it absorbs from it and is ...

Strong southwest winds in this region have lifted significant amounts of dust into the atmosphere, carrying it hundreds of miles to our skies. This is causing hazy skies and deteriorating air quality.