Dusty clouds made of sand—that may rain iron—blanket a giant planet orbiting a young, sun-like star just 310 light-years from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. The discovery was made ...

Droughts are becoming more severe and widespread across the globe. But it's not just changing rainfall patterns that are to ...

A plume of Saharan dust has moved into South Florida Thursday. This is not the first time this season, but it is the thickest we’ve seen yet. This will continue to give us milky or cloudy-looking ...

† Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry in Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, ...

A small but mighty microbe that can safely extract the rare earth and other critical elements for building everything from ...

Heavy rainfall in North Sikkim has triggered landslides and caused the Teesta River to wash away a key section of the ...

The air pollutant sulfur dioxide can make breathing harder for people with asthma. The refinery has been releasing it for several days.

Not all rain is created equal. Imagine rain that doesn’t just water the plants, but can actually damage them. That’s the reality of acid rain. Acid rain refers to any form of precipitation ...

Areas in the Laurel Highlands and south central Alleghenies will likely see rain first, with the system expanding across the state overnight and into Wednesday morning. Temperatures will remain ...

made up of acid rain. As the weekend progressed, so did the health effects of the smog. Hospitalizations increased 48 percent that week, and respiratory hospital admissions more than doubled.

Friday night brought downpours across most of the country – with more rain expected over the bank holiday weekend. According to the Met Office, Leuchars in Fife went 34 days without rainfall, while ...