Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions

The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are successfully cutting emissions.

Rona Louise Thompson, Senior Scientist, Norwegian Institute for Air Research • conversation
June 11, 2024 ~10 min

Why we’re hunting through a century of data from Britain’s northernmost observatory

A weather station in the Shetland Islands has one of the world’s best-preserved long records of atmospheric electricity.

Giles Harrison, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Reading • conversation
June 5, 2024 ~7 min


Sparks from the past: why we’re hunting through a century of data from Britain’s northernmost observatory

A weather station in the Shetland Islands has one of the world’s best-preserved long records of atmospheric electricity.

Giles Harrison, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Reading • conversation
June 5, 2024 ~7 min

Sparks from the past: why weather scientists are hunting through a century of data from Britain’s northernmost observatory

A weather station in the Shetland Islands has one of the world’s best-preserved long records of atmospheric electricity.

Giles Harrison, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Reading • conversation
June 5, 2024 ~7 min

Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US

A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.

Jana Lesak Houser, Associate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, The Ohio State University • conversation
April 29, 2024 ~6 min

How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen ice crystals from clouds to the ground

There are an infinite number of paths an ice crystal can take before you touch it.

Alexandria Johnson, Professor of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 26, 2024 ~6 min

Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere – and we still don’t know what impact this will have on the Earth’s climate

We know particles from spacecrafts are in the stratosphere. But what this means for the ozone layer or the climate is still unknown.

Fionagh Thomson, Senior Research Fellow in Space Ethics and Sustainability, Durham University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2024 ~7 min

Can technology clean up our air? An atmospheric scientist got a glimpse of the future

A surprising number of new consumer tech products promise to improve air quality.

Alastair Lewis, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of York, University of York • conversation
Jan. 15, 2024 ~6 min


What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don't all agree

An atmospheric scientist explains how El Niño works, this year’s oddities and why this phenomenon doesn’t last long.

Aaron Levine, Atmospheric Research Scientist, CICOES, University of Washington • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 ~8 min

As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, global warming's intensifying impact becomes more clear

There’s a rule of thumb that rainfall intensity increases by about 7% per degree Celsius as temperatures rise. But the increase is much higher in the mountains, scientists found.

Mohammed Ombadi, Assistant Professor of Climate and Space Sciences Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
Sept. 19, 2023 ~7 min

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