Each year, long-distance winds drop up to 900 million tons of dust from deserts and other parts of the land into the oceans. Scientists suspect this phenomenon connects to global climate—but exactly how, remains a question.

A team of researchers, led by the University of Sheffield and Queen Mary, University of London, has discovered how plants protect their leaves from damage by sunlight when they are faced with extreme climates.

Climate change is a reality today, but how can we find out about the future dangers it poses" What we really need is a full record of the Earth’s climate for several hundred thousand years, complete with samples of air from different epochs that can be taken to the lab for analysis.

NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise with the longest and most complete data record available.

Airline pilots will have more advance warning of potentially hazardous atmospheric conditions such as icing, using a new near-infrared Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system developed by scientists at RL Associates in Chester, Pa.

In the Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas, density and temperature differences cause cold, salty water to sink. Part of these dense water masses flow across the submarine sill between Iceland and Scotland.