Scientists have finally cracked the mystery behind one of climate change’s strangest fingerprints: while Earth’s surface ...

A new study explains why carbon dioxide is cooling the upper atmosphere, even as it is warming Earth’s surface.

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...

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For now, life thrives on our oxygen-rich planet. But Earth's atmosphere won't always be so welcoming. In fact, scientists predict that Earth will eventually undergo a drastic atmospheric shift—one ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

Earth's atmosphere is like a protective blanket that surrounds our planet and is composed of a mix of gases. While many trace gases are present in tiny amounts, most of the air we breathe comes from ...

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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has recorded something Mars has never shown before, which is the Zwan-Wolf effect. It's a process ...