The Earth’s atmosphere is the relatively thin layer of gases surrounding the planet. The atmosphere is held close to Earth by gravity, but the higher you go away from the Earth’s surface ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South.

Scientists first became aware of the depletion of the ozone ... About 10% of the ozone in the atmosphere is found in the troposphere, the layer we live in; the rest is found in the stratosphere, about ...

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long ... weather has on the atmosphere. "The high-energy solar particles can change ozone chemistry and disrupt the ozone layer," Sato said.