Scientists have long debated whether most of Earth's vital liquid was delivered via icy comets or was homemade ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere temporarily lost its ability to break down methane, leading to a huge spike in the greenhouse gas.

Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as once believed. New research from ancient Scottish rocks reveals that during ...

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with strong heat-trapping capabilities. Although there is less methane in the atmosphere ...

Climate change makes nitrous oxide disappear faster, creating new uncertainty for future climate and ozone predictions.

Thousands of satellites that disintegrate upon re-entry release aluminum into the atmosphere, disrupting polar winds and the ...

Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New ...