Both CH 4 and short-lived trace gases influence the distribution and concentration of the hydroxyl radical (OH), which determines the oxidising capacity of the atmosphere. The oxidation capacity is in ...

NASA’s DAVINCI mission is set to revolutionize our understanding of Venus. This daring expedition will send a probe plunging ...

The "age of stratospheric air" measures the speed of the global transport circulation in the stratosphere, which is crucial ...

Trace gases and aerosols play a key role in atmospheric physics ... The department investigates the distribution of trace species in the atmosphere from the troposphere to the mesosphere and the ...

The atmosphere is a mixture of gases. The atmosphere is mostly nitrogen (approximately 80%) and oxygen (approximately 20%). The remaining gases are found in much smaller proportions, such as ...

A research team has uncovered surprising evidence of cross-border pollution reaching the Arctic, originating from an ...

Earth's atmosphere is 77 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent argon, with variable amounts of water vapor, and trace amounts of other gases. White clouds of water vapor hide much of ...

Many human activities release polluting gases into the atmosphere, such as farming animals for food, burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Resources from the Earth Human activities use resources ...

Chinese researchers traced 2023 Icelandic volcanic emissions to Arctic smog, showing 80% of Ny-Ålesund’s sulfur dioxide came ...

Drought-fueled wildfires in Southern California, a devastating hurricane in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and catastrophic floods in New England are among the most recent disasters to bring the ...