Thanks to these studies, we now know the five layers of the atmosphere are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere (see graphic). Together, these layers protect us ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

Emerging evidence suggests that its signature is not limited to the lower layers of the atmosphere. The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer extending from 10 km to about 50 km in altitude above ...

A rare and abrupt disruption in the Arctic polar vortex is expected to impact spring temperatures across Europe and parts of ...

The atmosphere's lowermost 10 km have long been ... layer between heights of about 10 and 50 km — that is, the stratosphere. Climate modellers, too, are moving towards a full representation ...

Together with colleagues from the Universities of Bremen, Hamburg and Leipzig, the Karslruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, and the Helmholtz ...

Frequent satellite launches may leave scars in the atmosphere, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A team of atmospheric scientists flew a NASA ...

When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists ...

“The third time it was a success,” Brian Cleaver said. The stratosphere, which is the second layer of the Earth’s atmosphere where commercial airplanes (and even some birds) fly, begins ...

Key takeawaysA new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai did not warm ...