Atmospheric dust: The overlooked suspect in urban air pollution

Cities are rapidly becoming the defining residential space of human life. Over 55% of the global population lived in urban ...

What is black rain? How oil fires, smoke, and atmospheric pollution can turn rainfall dark and potentially harmful

Recently, the rare scientific phenomenon received global attention after reports from Tehran in March 2026 indicated that residents observed ‘dark rain’ following airstrikes on oil storage facilities.
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Satellites burning up in our atmosphere may not be as harmless as first thought

Spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere are leaving behind metal particles. Scientists are racing to understand if that affects the climate. One risk is that these particles may spark rainbow-colored ...

NASA's Van Allen Probe A to re-enter atmosphere

NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to 2019, the spacecraft and its twin, Van Allen Probe B, flew through the Van Allen belts, ...
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Scientists quantify behaviour of micro- and nanoplastics in city environments

Measuring atmospheric plastics Abundance and composition of microplastics (MP) and nanoplastics (NP) in aerosols and estimated fluxes across atmospheric compartments in semiarid (Xi’an) and humid ...

A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...