Satellites and spacecraft burning up in our atmosphere are leaving metal particles in the stratosphere — and scientists are worried it could harm our planet. About 10% of the particles floating around ...

Here is a surprising paradox: while the Earth's surface is warming, the upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades. This ...

Hidden organic particles high in the stratosphere may reshape how scientists understand climate, ozone chemistry, and ...

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Space exploration has impacted Earth’s atmosphere in unexpected ways. According to a study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), spacecraft that burn upon atmospheric re-entry ...

It may sound like the plot of an old James Bond movie, but an idea to "dehydrate the stratosphere" to slow climate change is real. In a study released Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers ...

Researchers have revealed how rising carbon dioxide cools the stratosphere, even as it warms the lower atmosphere and surface. The findings help explain how the stratospheric cooling reinforces the ...

It is not unusual for numerical models to rush a jet stream pattern change showing it coming faster than it does in reality, and so it may be that the SSW blocking change to the Polar Vortex and ...