Tiny particles of plastic in the atmosphere can affect Earth’s climate, according to Laura Revell at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and colleagues. New calculations of the heating and ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed a groundbreaking University of California San Diego atmospheric chemistry research program with a $20 million grant that will support operations for a ...

Researchers at MIT have been conducting observations of Earth's atmosphere, looking at aerosols created by natural sources and human activities. According to the results of their observations, ...

Accurate monitoring of atmospheric aerosols is essential for air-quality management and climate research, yet remains ...

Scientists have mapped wind "rivers" in Earth’s atmosphere that are responsible for transporting huge quantities of potentially dangerous aerosols around the planet. Particles that travel through ...

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

Solid aerosols can change how clouds form in the Arctic. And, as the Arctic loses ice, researchers expect to see more of these unique particles formed from oceanic emissions combined with ammonia from ...

Rising 2,225 meters into the air on an island in the Azores archipelago, Pico Mountain Observatory is an ideal place to study aerosols--particles or liquids suspended in gases--that have traveled ...