Researchers Present Blueprint for Joint Meteorology and Atmospheric Composition Program ...

Using advanced computer simulations, scientists have shown how easily a runaway greenhouse effect can rapidly transform a habitable planet into a hellish world inhospitable to life. The team of ...

According to Alex Turner, assistant professor in atmospheric and climate science at UW, the specific gases researchers focus on depends on the timescale they care about. Methane has a larger effect on ...

A study shows that global atmospheric dust -- microscopic airborne particles from desert dust storms -- has a slight overall cooling effect on the planet that has hidden the full amount of warming ...

The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and ...

The cause of global warming shows no sign of slowing down: Levels of the three most significant human-caused greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – continued their steady ...

Climate scientist reacts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to rescind its endangerment finding.

The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated—they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

President Donald Trump is undoing a long-standing scientific finding that says climate change threatens human health and the environment.

The concentration of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere once again reached new highs last year, according to a new report. The report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found that ...

A visualization from space of the “Godzilla” dust storm on June 18, 2020, when desert dust traveled from the Sahara to North America. A UCLA study finds that an increase in microscopic dust in the ...