Atmosphere News

• How Will a Warming World Impact the Earth's Ability to Offset Our Carbon Emissions?
• Scientists Discover Urea in Atmosphere Revealing Profound Consequences for Climate

• Plate Tectonics Not Required for the Emergence of Life

• Montreal Protocol Is Delaying First Ice-Free Arctic Summer
• Eruption of Tonga Underwater Volcano Found to Disrupt Satellite Signals Halfway Around the World

• African Smoke Over the Amazon

• New Study Reveals Boreal Wetlands Are a Large Source of Reactive Vapors in a Warming Climate
• Dark Clouds on the Horizon

• Atmospheric Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change Signal Associated With CO2 Increases

• Scientists Begin to Unravel Global Role of Atmospheric Dust in Nourishing Oceans

• A Stormy, Active Sun May Have Kickstarted Life on Earth

• Plastic Particles Themselves, Not Just Chemical Additives, Can Alter Sex Hormones
• Scientists Discover Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Clouds

• A More Precise Model of the Earth's Ionosphere

• Scientists Develop New Way to Measure Wind

• Predictive Power of Climate Models May Be Masked by Volcanoes

• Scientists Discover a Way Earth's Atmosphere Cleans Itself

• Rising Temperatures Alter 'missing Link' Of Microbial Processes, Putting Northern Peatlands at Risk

• At the End of the Dry Season: CO2 Pulses Over Australia

• Vehicle Exhaust Filters Do Not Remove Ultrafine Pollution

• Activity Deep in Earth Affects the Global Magnetic Field

• Switching to Hydrogen Fuel Could Prolong the Methane Problem

• Ozone Pollution Is Linked With Increased Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease

• The World's Atmospheric Rivers Now Have an Intensity Ranking Like Hurricanes
• Underused Satellite, Radar Data May Improve Thunderstorm Forecasts

• Smoke Particles from Wildfires Can Erode the Ozone Layer

• Mineral Particles and Their Role in Oxygenating the Earth's Atmosphere

• Wildfires in 2021 Emitted a Record-Breaking Amount of Carbon Dioxide

• Breathing Is Going to Get Tougher

• Upsurge in Rocket Launches Could Impact the Ozone Layer

• Space Dust as Earth's Sun Shield

• Antarctica's Ocean Brightens Clouds

• More Frequent Atmospheric Rivers Hinder Seasonal Recovery of Arctic Sea Ice

• Ice Cores Show Even Dormant Volcanoes Leak Abundant Sulfur Into the Atmosphere

• Thin, Lightweight Layer Provides Radiation Barrier for Perovskites in Space, Protection from Elements on Earth

• Underlying Assumptions of Air Quality Need to Be Redefined
• New Study Shows 'self-Cleaning' Of Marine Atmosphere

• Increased Atmospheric Dust Is Masking Greenhouse Gases' Warming Effect

• Air Quality Improvements Lead to More Sulfur Fertilizer Use
• Jet Engine Lubrication Oils Are a Major Source of Ultrafine Particles

• Cyclone Researchers: Warming Climate Means More and Stronger Atlantic Tropical Storms
• Map of Ancient Ocean 'dead Zones' Could Predict Future Locations, Impacts

• New Study Models the Transmission of Foreshock Waves Towards Earth

• Loon Stratospheric Balloons Confirm Wind Data from Aeolus

• London Underground Polluted With Metallic Particles Small Enough to Enter Human Bloodstream

• Mountain Glacier Melting Is Linked to Shifting Westerlies and Likely to Accelerate

• Signals from the Ionosphere Could Improve Tsunami Forecasts
• Microplastic Pollution Swirling in City Air: Millions of Plastic Bottles Per Year

• Megadrought: How the Current Southwestern North American Megadrought Is Affecting Earth's Upper Atmosphere
• Transport of Air Masses in Connection With 'El Niño' Decoded

• Organic Aerosols in Remote Regions Are Forming Clouds and Have an Underestimated Effect on Climate Change

• Clouds Less Climate-Sensitive Than Assumed

• Major Fires an Increasing Risk as the Air Gets Thirstier, Research Shows
• 1930s Dust Bowl Led to Extreme Heat Around Northern Hemisphere

• A Study Offers New Insights Into the Record 2021 Western North America Heat Wave

• Large Parts of Europe Are Warming Twice as Fast as the Planet on Average

• Dust Transport in the Upper Levels of the Atmosphere

• Desert Dust Collected from Glacier Ice Helps Document Climate Change
• Cracking the Chemical Code on How Iodine Helps Form Clouds

• Tonga Volcano Had Highest Plume Ever Recorded
• How Magnetism Could Help Explain Earth's Formation

• Scientists Uncover New Clues About the Climate and Health Impact of Atmospheric Particles

• Atmospheric Aerosol Concentrations Are Decreasing, but Ground Measurements and Climate Models Still Differ

• Passenger Car Preheating Produces as Much Particulate Emissions as Driving Dozens of Kilometers

• Study Shows Hazardous Herbicide Chemical Goes Airborne
• Ozone Hole Continues Shrinking in 2022, NASA and NOAA Scientists Say

• Insects Contribute to Atmospheric Electricity
• The Lightness of Water Vapor Adds Heft to Global Climate Models
• Better Ventilation Could Be Key for London Underground to Manage Air Quality, Finds New Study

• Western Wildfires Spark Stronger Storms in Downwind States

• Earth's Warming Hole Not Indication of Abrupt Climate Change Event, Study Finds

• How Fluctuating Oxygen Levels May Have Accelerated Animal Evolution

• Vast Ice Sheet Facing Climate Fight on Two Fronts

• Cosmic Rays Used to Track and Visualize Tropical Cyclones Offer New Perspectives

• Soil Along Streams Is a Bigger Source of Stream Nitrate Than Rainwater

• Key Breakthrough Links Changes in Length-of-Day With Climate Prediction

• Powerful Hurricanes Get Second Wind in Europe

• Anthropogenic Air Pollution More Significant Than Desert Dust

• Elusive Atmospheric Wave Detected During 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption

• Where Do High-Energy Particles That Endanger Satellites, Astronauts and Airplanes Come From?

• Mirror Image Molecules Reveal Drought Stress in Forests

• Smoke from the Black Summer Wildfires in Australia Impacted the Climate and High Altitude Winds of the Southern Hemisphere for More Than a Year and a Half

• People Generate Their Own Oxidation Field and Change the Indoor Air Chemistry Around Them

• Scientists Develop New Method to Assess Ozone Layer Recovery

• Detecting Nanoplastics in the Air

• Nuclear War Would Cause a Global Famine and Kill Billions

• Cleaner Air as a Result of Coronavirus Lockdown
• Dry Lightning Sparks Some of the Most Destructive and Costly Wildfires in California

• Cloud Study Demystifies Impact of Aerosols

• Smoke from Western Wildfires Can Influence Arctic Sea Ice

• 'IcePic' Algorithm Outperforms Humans in Predicting Ice Crystal Formation
• New Study Explores the Prevalence of Heatwaves in East Asia
• Particle Phase Chemistry Enables Soot to Better Seed Clouds

• Wildfire-Smoke Observations Fill Gap in Estimating Soot's Role in Climate Change

• Shockwave Caused by Tonga Underwater Eruption May Help Scientists Predict Future Tsunami

• Air Samples from Arctic Region Show How Fast Earth Is Warming
• Predicting Equatorial Plasma Bubbles With SWARM

• Ozone Depletion Over North Pole Produces Weather Anomalies
• Research Reveals Why Tackling Particle Pollution Leads to Rise in Photochemical Smog

• Volcano's Eruption Will Help Scientists Plot Weather, Climate