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 ...

UW-Milwaukee’s Atmospheric Science program is a part of the School of Freshwater Sciences. The degree program will close at the end of this school year due to low enrollment and faculty retirements, ...

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow corridors of concentrated water vapor in the atmosphere that transport vast amounts of moisture from the tropics toward mid-latitude and polar regions. These ...

Atmospheric sciences encompass the study of Earth’s gaseous envelope and the processes that govern weather, climate and environmental interactions. Research spans from microscale turbulence in the ...

A program focused on key storm systems, known as atmospheric rivers, that provides students with hands-on research experience, launched its second season in January. Valparaiso University balloon ...

Research demonstrated how animal-borne sensors can work in tandem with traditional tools to improve ocean predictions.

Human activity is changing the way water flows between the Earth and atmosphere in complex ways and with likely long-lasting consequences that are hard to picture. Researchers enlisted water ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Over the course of three days in early April, the University of Wyoming Department of Atmospheric Science took advantage of ...

Climate scientists have discovered that microplastics and nanoplastics are helping to drive global warming by absorbing ...