Space enthusiasts and families across the U.K. will have the chance to contribute directly to climate science through an upgraded cloud-spotting project launched today. CloudCatcher, a citizen science ...

A new study suggests brightening Pacific clouds with sea salt could weaken powerful El Niño events before they reach full ...

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Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of ...

Forming 50 miles above Earth's surface, noctilucent clouds offer a rare glimpse into one of the least-understood layers of the atmosphere.

Despite the fact that clouds envelop two-thirds of the planet at any given time, transport water on the wind, and shield the Earth from the sun, surprisingly little is known about how climate change ...

Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold, harsh interstellar clouds, a phenomenon not previously considered in geologic climate models. Around two million years ago, ...

Researchers have identified dozens of previously undetected debris fragments in geostationary orbit, warning that the region ...

Scientists in Japan have discover the presence of microplastics in the clouds over Mount Fuji, according to a recent study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters. The research team says it ...

Scientists have sussed out a new source for the seeds of clouds. When the stratospheric layer of Earth’s atmosphere dips a toe into the underlying troposphere, the resulting chemical mixture becomes a ...

For centuries, humans have been wondering whether anyone lived on Venus. In the 1960s, telescopes delivered bad news: Modern-day Venus is thoroughly hostile to life, shrouded in thick acidic clouds ...