Atmospheric Science

The U.S. recently celebrated the Fourth of July with dazzling fireworks displays in many cities. After the "oohs" and "ahhs" faded, some people might have wondered how the lingering gunpowder-scented smoke affected air quality. Now…
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Climate change could worsen ozone pollution; a study says it does not have to be thatCredit: Westervelt et al., 2019 If China takes strong measures to reduce its ozone pollution now, it could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the long…
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Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northwester Pacific Ocean after the sixth tropical depression formed. Tropical Depression Danas formed…
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Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA, using GPM data archived at https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/. After Barry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, NASA's GPM core satellite analyzed the rate in which rain was falling throughout the storm. Now that…
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Combining wind data with the fractal-like behavior that air particles take on in the atmosphere provides a way for determining how pollutants and volcanic ash will travelCredit: Tímea Haszpra WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2019 --…
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Credit: Associate Professor Heloise Gibb, La Trobe University Researchers studied ants in the Simpson Desert for 22 years and found that local changes in climate, such as long-term increases in rainfall, combined with human efforts…
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Credit: Nicholas Graver / NPS They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won't survive much past this century. UC Riverside scientists wanted to…
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Credit: NASA JPL, Sang-Ho Yun and Jungkyo Jung Even before Tropical Storm Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday, July 13, it had already dropped a lot of rain on the state. Using satellite data, NASA created a map that shows areas…
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Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The Eastern Pacific Ocean generated the fourth tropical cyclone of the hurricane season on July 13 and by the next day, it had already weakened into a…
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Credit: Credit: NWS/NOAA/NCEP/WPC Barry, now a tropical depression, continues moving slowly north through Arkansas and rainfall and flooding remains a concern. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the south central United States…
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Reservial Project: a pioneering initiativeCredit: Tony Herrera (New Water Culture Foundation, FNCA) The European eel (Anguilla anguilla), the freshwater blenny (Salaria fluviatilis), the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera…
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Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Barry made landfall mid-day on July 13, but infrared satellite imagery from NASA early on July 14 continued to show the heaviest rainmaking storms were still off-shore. NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed…
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Credit: Global Volcanism Program Since the Antarctic ozone hole was detected in 1985, depletion of the ozone layer--the "big umbrella" that protects all life on Earth--has raised considerable concern. The efforts of international…
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Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Barry continued to linger in the Gulf of Mexico, generating a lot of heavy rainfall on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Barry was just under the threshold of being classified a Category 1 hurricane and is…
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