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Artist’s conception of an airplane flying above thunderstorm clouds tinted pink to represent gamma ray emissions
Posted inScience Updates

A New View of Gamma Rays from Thunderclouds

by Arve Aksnes, Nikolai Østgaard, Martino Marisaldi and Ingrid Bjørge-Engeland 25 April 202525 April 2025

Observations from high-flying aircraft revealed that thunderclouds act as natural particle accelerators, emitting energetic electromagnetic radiation more often than scientists expected.

The wing of an airplane above dense white clouds on a stormy day
Posted inResearch & Developments

NOAA Layoffs Include Two Hurricane Hunter Flight Directors

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 6 March 20255 May 2025

On 27 February, the Trump administration fired hundreds of employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Among those fired were two flight directors for NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters, a loss that threatens to worsen the quality of hurricane forecasts ahead of Atlantic hurricane season.

A jet airplane at an airport in hazy conditions
Posted inNews

Lots of Dust Gets Sucked Up by Jet Engines

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 12 September 202412 September 2024

Changing flight times and holding altitudes could substantially reduce the amount of wear-inducing dust ingested by jet engines.

2 world maps overlain with a color gradient.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Past and Future Changes in Atmospheric Clear-Air Turbulence

by William J. Randel 15 August 202412 August 2024

A new study evaluates long-term changes in atmospheric clear-air turbulence based on meteorological reanalysis and climate model simulations.

Hurricane Hunters approach Hurricane Florence in 2018.
Posted inFeatures

Hunting Hurricanes

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 May 202325 May 2023

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters risk their lives each time they fly into the eye of a storm to collect crucial data for forecasting, hurricane modeling, and research.

A red plane flies against clear blue skies over white ice. Mountains can be seen in the background.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Thick Is Antarctic Ice, and What Is Underneath?

by Saima May Sidik 22 February 202322 February 2023

Scientists used electromagnetic fields to determine the thickness of fast ice.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Less Air Travel May Partially Contribute to Global Warming

by Tong Zhu 14 April 20221 June 2023

Decrease in aircraft soot emission, as shown by COVID-19 lockdown, leads to a significant increase in ice crystal number in cirrus clouds, and results in a small global positive radiative effect.

View out the window of an airplane with part of a wing and cumulus clouds below visible
Posted inScience Updates

Taking Flight to Study Clouds and Climate

by A. Sorooshian, J. Atkinson, R. Ferrare, J. Hair and L. Ziemba 19 May 202119 September 2022

A new mission involving synchronized aircraft observations is collecting data vital for improving our understanding of how aerosol particles and clouds influence each other.

An airplane flies low over ice with the sun shining through clouds in the background
Posted inFeatures

Glimpsing the Ins and Outs of the Arctic Atmospheric Cauldron

by M. Wendisch, D. Handorf, I. Tegen, R. A. J. Neggers and G. Spreen 16 March 202119 September 2022

Specially equipped aircraft will follow air masses into and out of the Arctic, observing their transformations and improving our knowledge of the Arctic climate and its global influence.

Chart showing composition of reactive nitrogen species in wildfire smoke at different locations
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Deciphering Reactive Nitrogen Emissions from Wildfire Smoke

by B. McDonald 5 February 202119 September 2022

In-situ data gathered from an aircraft flying over 23 western US wildfires in 2018 reveal the importance of reduced nitrogen, shedding insights on ozone and aerosol formation from wildfires.

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