The output of solar energy systems is highly dependent on cloud cover.

The expansion of farmlands to meet the growing food demand of the world’s ever expanding population places a heavy burden on natural ecosystems.

Underestimation of coarse dust skews models that predict global climate, UCLA researchers say.

During heat waves, people tend to crank up their home’s air conditioning not only because it got hotter outside, but also because it feels too humid.

Understanding droplet formation in pure water in a controlled lab setting is challenging enough, but in the atmosphere, droplets form in the presence of many other substances.

NASA analyzed weakening Tropical Storm Jeruto’s rainfall and found one small area of moderate rainfall displaced from the center, because of strong wind shear.

Unless it happens to be allergy season, most people don’t give a lot of thought to pollen. 

Ozone levels above the Arctic reached a record low for March, NASA researchers report. 

With the western United States and northern Mexico suffering an ever-lengthening string of dry years starting in 2000, scientists have been warning for some time that climate change may be pushing the region toward an extreme long-term drought worse than any in recorded history. 

A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydrogen and methane for fuel cell-powered vehicles.