Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, ...

Microplastics (plastic particles <5 mm) pose an emerging threat to global climate systems. These microscopic particles, formed from plastic waste degradation, are increasingly infiltrating terrestrial ...

Water vapour’s dominant role in atmospheric heating amplifies its importance in influencing regional climate over the Indo-Gangetic Plains ...

Some wildfires are so intense, they create their own weather—thunderstorms driven by heat that hurtle smoke as high as 10 miles into the sky like giant chimneys. When these smoke plumes reach the thin ...

Clouds affect Earth's weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Miriam Freedman receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Heidi Busse receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the ...

The daughter of former NOAA research scientist, Wenhao Dong, posed that exact question to her father when she was in first grade. “She was listening to the report about an atmospheric river over ...

The ocean, Earth's largest carbon reservoir, regulates climate by transferring atmospheric CO₂ into the deep sea through the biological carbon pump. This system facilitates atmospheric CO₂ transfer ...