Microplastics can act as ice nucleating particles, potentially altering cloud formation, precipitation, and even global ...

Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine ...

Earlier this year on September 7th, NASA's Landsat 8 Earth observation satellite captured an unusual phenomenon on earth: a ...

Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes.

On the rocky slopes high above lush pine forests and mountain lakes, a group of researchers have just finished setting up ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

according to NASA's Earth Observatory. "As the cloud forms on the crest of this wave, it remains almost stationary in the sky and is shaped by the strong winds blowing through it," John Law ...

But scientists don’t yet have answers to the most basic questions about clouds on Mars: What are the daily, seasonal and ...

Join a Mars science team. NASA put out a call for volunteers willing to gaze at spacecraft images of Mars to look for ethereal clouds floating over the red planet.

The European Southern Observatory captured a Halloween-themed image of the Dark Wolf Nebula, a hauntingly dense cloud of ...

All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...

An astronaut’s photo from the International Space Station captures crepuscular rays and cumulonimbus clouds, revealing a ...