First 3D observations of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveal a unique climate
Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...
UCSD Study Shows Atmospheric Rivers Will Become New Normal
The study, published in the journal Climate Dynamics, found that atmospheric rivers explain the majority of atypical El Nino ...
Why This ‘Perpetual’ Lightning Storm Mysteriously Vanished In 2010, Only To Reappear 160 Days Later
There's a place on Earth where lightning flashes almost every night—until, one day, it stopped. What causes the Catatumbo ...
Curiosity Rover Spots Surprisingly Colorful ‘Twilight Clouds’ on Mars
The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).
Atmospheric rivers explain atypical El Niño and La Niña years
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...
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Mars has spectacular, glowing clouds at sunset
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured stunning images of Martian twilight clouds, revealing iridescent dry ice formations on Mars.
What’s an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon
Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...
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See what's behind Pineapple Express as it drenches California and Northwest
This story was updated to correct spelling in headline. An atmospheric phenomenon called a Pineapple Express is expected to bring heavy rains and snowfall to California and the Northwest this week.