“Wildly Fluctuating” Oxygen Levels May Have Accelerated Animal Evolution
Oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are likely to have “fluctuated wildly” one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early…
Atmospheric Science News
Climate Change Will Result in More Rainbows
According to new research, chances to see rainbows will rise in northern latitudes while falling in many tropical regions. According to a recent study conducted…
New Structures To Harvest an Almost Limitless Supply of Freshwater
An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, according to researchers. A new…
Large Parts of Europe Warming Twice As Fast as the Planet – Already Surpassed 2°C
The warming during the summer months in Europe has been much faster than the global average, shows a new study published in the Journal of…
A Warmer Arctic Ocean Leads to More Snowfall in Northern Eurasia
A new model explains that water evaporating from the Arctic Ocean due to a warming climate is transported south and can lead to increased snowfall…
Scientists Calculate Climatic Impact of Methane Leak From Ruptured Nord Stream Pipelines
Nord Stream 1 and 2, two subsea pipelines for transferring natural gas from Russia to Germany, were both deliberately ruptured on September 26, 2022. Massive…
Highest-Ever Recorded Volcanic Plume: The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption
A new analysis led by Oxford University researchers has shown that the devastating Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption in January 2022 created the tallest volcanic plume…
Chasing Ghostly Faces in Earth’s Stratosphere
A pair of NASA scientists have an unconventional hobby—searching through atmospheric data to find the rare moment when faces swirl up in their data. By…
Scientists Warn of a Rare Third-Year La Nina – Risk of Intense Cold Surges in Eurasia
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate…
Good News: Ozone Hole Continues Shrinking in 2022
The depleted area of the ozone layer over the South Pole was slightly smaller than last year and generally continued the overall shrinking trend of…
Insects Can Produce As Much Atmospheric Electric Charge as a Thunderstorm Cloud
Researchers measured the electrical fields near swarming honeybees and discovered that insects can produce as much atmospheric electric charge as a thunderstorm cloud. This type…
TanSat Successfully Detects Human-Caused CO2 for the First Time
An international research team has identified carbon dioxide from human activities by analyzing measurements from the TanSat mission and the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor mission. This…
Spectacular Planetary-Scale “Heat Wave” Discovered in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
An unexpected ‘heat wave’ has been discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere. It reaches a scorching temperature of 700 degrees Celsius (1300 degrees Fahrenheit) and extends 130,000…
Not Just Desert Dust: Anthropogenic Air Pollution Impacts Health and Climate in the Middle East
Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. Now, an international team of scientists including researchers…
Updated CMIP6 Climate Models Clouded by Scientific Biases
Clouds can either cool or warm the planet’s surface, a radiative effect that contributes substantially to the global energy budget and can be altered by…
Unraveling the Mysteries of “Gigantic Jet” Lightning Bursts That Reach 50 Miles Into Space
New information about an elusive atmospheric phenomenon known as gigantic jets has been uncovered by a detailed 3D study of a massive electrical discharge that…
Massive Tonga Volcano Eruption Blasted Enough Water To Fill 58,000 Olympic-Size Swimming Pools Into Stratosphere
The unprecedented amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up warming Earth’s surface temporarily. On…
Ozone Destruction Over North Pole Produces Weather Anomalies Across the Entire Northern Hemisphere
Many people are aware of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, but what is less widely known is that the protective ozone in…
