The northern lights could mean lights out for the infrastructure we rely on.

Atmospheric radiation encompasses the multifaceted processes by which solar energy and thermal emission interact within the Earth’s atmosphere. It is fundamental to the planet’s energy budget, ...

For five years now, a distinctive green laser beam has been shining at night up to 30 kilometers (19 miles) above the harbor ...

The spatial distribution of ambient aerosol particles plays a huge role in aerosol–radiation–cloud interactions; however, not enough sampling has been done from the atmospheric boundary layer and ...

The atmospheric lidar ATLID, the last of four instruments on board the EarthCARE satellite launched in May, has now been successfully put into operation. The mission is designed to measure clouds, ...

Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in in the Earth’s upper atmosphere in 1958, space scientists have believed that these belts consisted of two doughnut-shaped rings of highly ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists at Dartmouth and the University of Exeter have discovered ...

Atmospheric radiation encompasses the processes by which solar and terrestrial electromagnetic energy are exchanged, transformed and redistributed within Earth’s atmosphere. Incoming short-wave ...