Plastic aerosols in the atmosphere could affect the climate
Study finds slight warming or cooling effect depending upon the distribution of microplastics
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Organic aerosols from forests could help cool the planet
Negative climate feedback mechanism observed in Finland
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Space hurricane observed in the Earth’s upper atmosphere
A space plasma hurricane made of swirling plasma has been detected over the Earth’s polar ionosphere
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International Space Station sheds light on blue jets from thunderstorms
Phenomenon unleashes waves of ionization in the upper atmosphere
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Severe wildfires create towering thunderstorms, how to launch a new scientific society
This podcast features meteorologist David Peterson and medical scientists Amy Berrington and Suman Shrestha
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Pollutants and other aerosols trigger more intense thunderstorms
New “humidity entrainment” mechanism helps explain long-observed association between atmospheric particles and storm activity
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Lightning ‘superbolts’ have a unique formation mechanism, satellite studies suggest
Flashes can be 1000 times brighter than normal lightning
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Did a supernova trigger the late Devonian extinction?
Isotopic evidence could be lurking in the fossil record
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Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, say researchers
Study confirms 200-year-old prediction by Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Fungal ‘shrapnel’ bursts into the atmosphere
Airborne fragments of fungal cells just 30 nm across have been found at concentrations far higher than expected
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