Analysis of air samples taken at altitudes of up to 3,000 meters above Japan has revealed the presence of a vast range of viable bacteria and fungi transported by air masses originating more than ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — How many layers do you think there are in our atmosphere? Five! We have five different layers between us and outer space. From the surface up there is the troposphere, the ...

A new study has revealed yet another way that human-induced climate change is affecting the planet. Decades of weather balloon and satellite data has shown that the Earth’s troposphere is expanding, ...

Population is growing, climate is warming -- hence, emission of ammonia (NH3) trace gas from e.g. agriculture will increase worldwide. Recently, scientists for the first time have detected NH3 in the ...

SAN ANTONIO — The KENS 5 Weather Team is teaching lessons on weather while we are all at home, and on Monday, we talked about different layers of the atmosphere. Our atmosphere is divided into layers ...

The stratosphere is a layer of the atmosphere that contains just 15% of the atmospheric mass, and is located immediately above the troposphere, where day-to-day weather systems occur. Weather systems ...

Research performed in the US has helped lay to rest one of the lasting controversies surrounding climate models: whether or not the upper troposphere is warming. Climate models have long predicted ...

Hot on the heels of the news that 2014 was likely the warmest year on record at Earth’s surface, scientists have confirmed the lower part of Earth’s atmosphere is warming too. Since 1979, the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A method is presented for calculating the apparent elevation angle to be expected for an object situated in the troposphere at specified ...