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Not so long ago, people had no idea what would happen to them – and what they would see – once they ascended into the clouds.
More than 600 experts will spend the next year drifting in Arctic waters to gain a better understanding of how climate change is affecting the region and how it can be fought.
Carbon dioxide makes up less than one-twentieth of 1% of Earth’s atmosphere. How does this relatively scarce gas control Earth’s thermostat?
If the Amazon rainforest functions as our planet’s lungs, what do raging wildfires threaten? An atmospheric scientist explains why the fires, though devastating, won’t suffocate life on Earth.
It helps if you imagine the ground here on Earth as a big heater. It keeps us warm, and if you move away from the heater you feel cold.
An expert explains all the wonderful ways the atmosphere protects life on Earth.
It’s hard to believe, but big storms and hurricanes are caused by tiny particles moving around in the atmosphere.
According to a new study, the oceans have absorbed more heat from climate change than previously thought. This could mean the Earth will warm even faster in the future than scientists have predicted.
Scientists studying the atmosphere found help in an unlikely place – the aerial bombing campaigns of World War Two.
Jupiter’s bands are one of its most striking features – and can be seen from Earth – but they only go so deep within the giant planet. Now scientists think they know why.
Titan is more than a billion kilometres from our Sun but occasionally it’s shadow can be seen here on Earth, with the right technology. That’s what scientists gathered in Western Australia to observe.
Even a small cloud can weigh as much as four tonnes – but gravity, chemistry and temperature keep them floating in the sky.
Wind is just air moving from one place where there is high pressure to another place where there is low pressure.
The science of red skies can also help us understand how stars form.
How exactly do the stars twinkle in the night sky? As it turns out, the answer is full of hot air… and cold air.
An expert in extreme weather events explains why the rain – and thus flooding – associated with Hurricane Harvey has been ‘unprecedented.’
Meteorology researchers across the country are prepping experiments for the mini-night the eclipse will bring on August 21 – two minutes and 36 seconds without the sun in the middle of the day.
Canadians love to paddle on them and camp beside them, but our boreal lakes offer more than just peace and beauty. They could provide clues to how life on Earth began.
The true radiation risk from commercial flying has nothing to do with security scans. A radiation expert explains how much cancer risk the most frequent of flyers take on when they take to the skies.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor, University of Galway
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division
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Professor in Climate Change Impacts, Cardiff University
