The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun ’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ...

Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that ...

Fertilizers are the largest source of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas that’s also the most significant destroyer of ...

They’ve made some cracking studio albums in their 14-year existence, but The Fierce & The Dead’s forte is playing live. In ...

A research team from USTC has shed new light on the mechanisms of corona discharges at thunderstorm cloud tops, crucial for ...

The oceans play a pivotal role in drawing down atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) and have so far acted as a brake on the full ...

By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.

On Saturday night, dozens of people spotted a fiery object burning and breaking up, creating several streaks across the night ...

Any surface on Earth exposed to air collects a layer of substances or particles on it — it happens everywhere, from computers ...

Among marine ecosystems, the capacity of mangroves, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to store carbon is well documented, but ...

The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gasses retained by gravity that surrounds our planet. Most of the total mass of the atmosphere is in the lower 6 miles. By volume, the Earth’s atmosphere is about ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...