Atmospheric

Global warming gets all the press today but there was a time when pollution-caused global cooling was the concern - and if you map the planet's recent history, 90,000 out of every 100,000 years were…

The setup to the classic Melting Ice Cube problem goes something like this: “Fifty grams of ice are melting in a 100-mililiter cup of 35-degree water.” Using simple principles of energy transfer, we…

The great thing about science is that we will converge on the correct answer eventually.  In something like climate change, there is rarely one correct answer and while greenhouse gases have…

The Earth's original atmosphere held very little oxygen. This began to change around 2.4 billion years ago when oxygen levels increased dramatically during what scientists call the "Great Oxidation…

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a five-sided ice chain structure that they say could be used to modify future weather patterns. Researchers, in collaboration with…

1998 was the warmest year on record, which George Will takes to mean that global warming is not happening: Reducing carbon emissions supposedly will reverse warming, which is allegedly occurring even…

It's not just American cars that are hurting the environment, researchers in California and Colorado have set their sights on ... rocket launches? Future ozone losses from unregulated rocket launches…

The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented – helping the heart and circulatory system.   Can they also help in improving meat quality and reducing…

Two new greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere, according to an international research team led by scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the US and CSIRO scientist,…

Sulfuryl fluoride, a gas used for fumigation, has the potential to contribute significantly to future greenhouse warming, but because its production has not yet reached high levels there is still…