Almost all weather on Earth occurs in the lowest part of Earth’s atmosphere- called the troposphere. While we mainly care about this bottom portion as it’s where we live & breathe, there’s more layers ...

Editor’s note: The KOIN 6 Weather team is presenting weather and science lessons to help serve our teachers and students. Click here for more lessons. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – I know that when you look ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - I like to think of the atmosphere as sort of a big sandwich since the atmosphere isn't just one layer. It has many distinct layers from the ground all the way into space. This ...

When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

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A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

On Earth, the atmosphere is the blanket of gasses surrounding our planet. The atmosphere is composed of 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 0.9% Argon, 0.03% Carbon Dioxide, and other gasses such as water vapor ...

In a final chapter of his new book, climate scientist Rob Jackson profiles several individuals he considers to be climate heroes. One is Rose Abramoff, a fellow scientist who recently encouraged ...

First came the surprising discovery that Earth’s atmosphere is leaking. But for roughly 60 years, the reason remained a mystery. Since the late 1960s, satellites over the poles detected an extremely ...

Spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere are leaving behind metal particles. Scientists are racing to understand if that affects the climate. One risk is that these particles may spark rainbow-colored ...

Sprites, transient luminous events (TLEs) occurring high in the atmosphere above thunderstorms, sometimes produce a rarer, greenish glow called a ghost. A study using the Granada Sprite Spectrograph ...