Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere will change the way geomagnetic storms impact Earth, with potential implications for thousands of orbiting satellites, according to new ...

Atmospheric circulation governs weather and climate, but it also carries angular momentum. When winds shift or mass ...

Pluto’s atmosphere may be starting to shrink as the distant dwarf planet heads toward colder parts of its orbit, according to a new study. Researchers have detected a 16% drop in atmospheric pressure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greenhouse gas emissions aren't just warming our planet, they're reshaping space, too. A new study from MIT aerospace engineers ...

Earth’s climate has always naturally cycled through change, caused by how much of the sun’s energy was absorbed by the atmosphere. In fact over the past 650,000 years, the Earth has gone through seven ...

Earth’s atmosphere has become less dusty over the last two decades, and scientists don’t know why. The mystery might, however, shed light on a different, unanswered question about climate change.

Billions upon billions of soot particles enter Earth’s atmosphere each second, totaling about 5.8 million metric tons a year — posing a climate-warming impact previously estimated at almost one-third ...

Using observations from NASA’s ICON mission, scientists presented the first direct measurements of Earth’s long-theorized dynamo on the edge of space: a wind-driven electrical generator that spans the ...