Nothing could be better for this purpose than Sir William Ramsay's book on “The Gases of the Atmosphere,” for here we have a first-hand account of modern discoveries in a connected and highly ...

Our planet is surrounded by an invisible shell of air, called the atmosphere, held in place by the Earth’s gravitational field. It’s made up of a mixture of different gases. About 78% of the ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

By studying this system, researchers uncovered a mismatched composition of gases in the planet’s atmosphere compared ... Hsu and Wang think two different scenarios might be at play.

Capturing greenhouse and toxic gases from the atmosphere is a challenge due to their relatively ... our material proved extremely robust. Other studies of different porous materials found that they ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...