Accurate prediction of the Indian monsoon is vital for crop planning, reservoir management, disaster preparedness, and air-quality assessment across the region.

Atmospheric sciences is an interdisciplinary field that explores the physical, chemical, and dynamical processes governing Earth’s gaseous envelope. This discipline integrates principles of ...

People have always looked for patterns to explain the universe and to predict the future. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is an adage predicting the weather.

While concerns often reflect misunderstandings about ordinary aircraft contrails and natural atmospheric phenomena, the ...

During a La Niña, a counterpart to the El Niño weather pattern, drier than normal conditions are to be expected. But 2023, a La Niña year, turned out to be California’s 10th-wettest year on record.

Above: RAAVEN uncrewed aerial vehicle over the Atlantic Ocean. Header Image: Meteorological map showing storms during a deployment. Drone technology and atmospheric science instruments developed by ...

A number of hypotheses have been used to explain how free oxygen first accumulated in Earth’s atmosphere some 2.4 billion years ago, but a full understanding has proven elusive. Now a new model offers ...

Many students interested in climate and weather dream about working in the public sector. But recent job cuts to the federal workforce have atmospheric science students scared that those dreams will ...

What’s the first thing you do after waking up each morning, before you’ve even gotten out of bed? For many people, it’s checking the weather. For most, this is a thoughtless chore, an unexciting daily ...