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Microplastics are turning up in unusual places increasingly often as they filter into nearly every facet of life on Earth. They’ve been discovered in drinking water, food, air and even in blood. Now, ...

Cloud formation can be influenced by the topography of the land. The Tri-Cities area is surrounded by mountains, which play a major role in a lot of the weather we experience. Mountains act as a ...

An international team led by CU Boulder researchers has cracked the chemical code driving the formation of iodine particles in the atmosphere, revealing how the element contributes to increased cloud ...

Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic groups had long-distance connections, Bruce ...

A defense mechanism that has emerged and disappeared several times over the evolutionary history of different lines of plants, particularly trees in hot environments, plays a crucial role in Amazonia ...

The natural cycles of exchange of substances between the biosphere and the atmosphere are of major relevance to the Earth's climatic system. Perhaps the best-known example of this is the carbon cycle ...

In meteorology, there is a weather phenomena we call mesoscale processes. Some of Michigan’s inland lakes are big enough to produce an interesting mesoscale process. Mesoscale means smaller scale than ...