A new study warns that burning up thousands of old satellites yearly could release aluminium and other metals into the upper ...

Stricter air-quality rules, pushed through in the last days of the Biden administration, face an uncertain future under a ...

The authors acknowledge several limitations including the absence of information on THV balloon filling, which is crucial for the assessment of true valve oversizing, with potential implications on ...

Ozone layer depletion, is simply the wearing out (reduction) of the amount of ozone in the stratosphere. Depletion begins when CFC’s get into the stratosphere. Ultra violet radiation from the ...

CFCs were prominently used in refrigerators and air conditioning units until the 1970s when they were banned over the concern of ozone depletion. You can learn more about the CFC tracer program here.

Weather balloons are a weather tool that has been used by the National Weather Service since the 1930s. Fact sheet about weather balloons These balloons carry what's called a radiosonde ...

Aerostat systems are balloon-like elevated command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms equipped with various payloads to fulfill ...

A man in Rajasthan's Baran died this morning after he allegedly got stuck in a hot air balloon and fell after its rope snapped, officials said. The incident, caught on camera, took place during an ...

According to a study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, surface ozone pollution is having a significant impact on India’s major food crops, particularly in the Indo-Gangetic ...

EXCLUSIVE: Biden administration State Department officials held private talks with Beijing counterparts about the Chinese spy balloon that intercepted U.S. airspace in 2023, and discussed the ...

Beyond medicine, basic research underpinned innovations such as the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries powering electric vehicles and the critical understanding of ozone depletion that preserved ...