Scientists recently analyzed Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known atmospheric physics. After analysis, they found that not only did the shapes match ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds have remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may now be solved, ...

Despite 2023 and 2024 ranking as the warmest years on record, extreme cold events still gripped parts of China, Europe, and North America. A new study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ...

For decades, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet's ...

Human activities continue to pump billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, raising global ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 7, 2002 – An atmospheric phenomenon called “sprites” could be pumping 50 times more energy into the upper atmosphere than was previously thought, suggesting our understanding of the ...

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 has led to new record high temperatures. The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, ...

Are you ready to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in climate, air quality, and atmospheric dynamics? At Michigan Technological University, our PhD program in Atmospheric Sciences equips you ...

Researchers employ machine learning to more accurately model the boundary layer wind field of tropical cyclones. Conventional approaches to storm forecasting involve large numerical simulations run on ...

As detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science Journal, a team of scientists analyzed 13 years’ worth of thermal infrared observations recorded by NASA and the European Space Agency’s ...

John Muir once said, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” This is especially true when we’re trying to fix the damage that we’re doing ...

Highly accurate measurement of atmospheric temperature is key to building better models for the evolution of atmospheric systems. This is because small thermodynamic fluctuations in the atmosphere can ...