Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the ...

A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with scientists from the European XFEL ...

Have you ever wondered how clouds stay in the sky? Here's your answer, and by the way, the weight of an actual cloud might ...

Crowded shells In their new study, the researchers simulated different greenhouse gas emissions scenarios over the next century to investigate impacts on atmospheric density and drag.

Before the age of science, it was clear to most observers that air was a "vital spirit," but beyond that, little was known about the physical properties of air. Aristotle suggested that air was ...