An international team of scientists found that volcanic eruptions can cause the Pacific Walker Circulation to temporarily weaken, inducing El Niño-like conditions. The results provide important ...

Earth's ozone layer should eventually recover from the unintended destruction brought on by the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and similar ozone-depleting chemicals in the 20th century. But new ...

A highly unusual disruption of the polar vortex is taking shape in the upper atmosphere this November, raising the odds of a ...

A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions. Nitrates in the atmosphere reduce air quality and play an important role in climate change. An international team ...

This is a schematic of the trends in temperature and ocean-atmosphere circulation in the Pacific over the past two decades. Color shading shows observed temperature trends ( C per decade) during ...

Georgina Falster receives funding from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. This research was funded by the US National Science Foundation. After a rare ...

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Beryllium-7 is a radioactive isotope of beryllium produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere. A Japanese research team has ...