Tag: Atmosphere
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over...
Why does the Moon look close some nights and far away...
Silas Laycock, UMass Lowell
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Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring...
Kevin Hamilton, University of Hawaii
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its...
2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side...
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton
Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some...
The roar of the crowd – how fans create electric atmospheres
Tim Hill, University of Bath; Giana M. Eckhardt, King's College London, and Robin Canniford, The University of Melbourne
Since...
From their balloons, the first aeronauts transformed our view of the...
Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University
Near the beginning of the new film “The Aeronauts,” a giant gas-filled balloon called the “Mammoth” departs from London’s Vauxhall Gardens...
New findings on ocean warming: 5 questions answered
Scott Denning, Colorado State University
Editor’s note: A new study by scientists in the United States, China, France and Germany estimates that the world’s oceans...
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