Climate scientists collaborated in a nationwide event to analyze and compare archived Earth system model simulations and to generate input for the IPCC's upcoming climate change report.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
The method offers potential in helping reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but faces technological and economic hurdles.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Intense boreal forest fires in August 2017 caused smoke plumes that reached record levels in the stratosphere; satellite measurements show that the effects rivaled a moderate volcanic eruption.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Forecasts made one to a few weeks in advance, known as “subseasonal to seasonal” predictions, show more skill in predicting extreme summer heat waves over Europe than spells of normal or cold weather.Read More »Planetary Sciences
An air-sampling study has captured long-term trends in the concentrations of five key atmospheric gases for the first time.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Fifty years after the birth of modern plate tectonics theory, a group of researchers highlights three key examples of how our planet’s shape-shifting outer layer has altered our climate.Read More »
High levels of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide emitted by volcanic outgassing caused a deadly accident near Rome, Italy, in 2011, geoscientists have shown.Read More »
A new study compares exposure to power plant emissions among communities based on race, income, and geography. Black Americans are most at risk.Read More »Geohealth
Barometric pressure, in addition to factors such as lithology and the depth of the water table, can influence patterns of natural gas that escapes to subsurface soils.Read More »
