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A team of researchers has made significant strides in understanding the mechanisms behind corona discharges at thunderstorm cloud tops, a phenomenon that plays a critical role in the Earth's ...

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Methane levels in Earth’s atmosphere surged faster than ever in the early 2020s, and scientists say the reason was a surprising mix of chemistry and climate. A temporary slowdown in the atmosphere’s ...

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A Jupiter-sized world around a tiny red star is colder and chemically stranger than expected, deepening a planet-formation ...

The quest to identify a new way to potentially counter one of the world's most widely discussed solar geoengineering proposals has taken a new, exciting turn—raising questions about how future climate ...

A nutrient feedback between phosphorus, sulfur and microbes may explain how Earth repeatedly rebuilt its oxygen-rich ...