Understanding the origin of heavy elements on the periodic table is one of the most challenging open problems in all of ...

Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes ...

In the summer and winter, the lakes separate into distinct temperature layers: warmer at the surface in summer and colder in winter. It's why ice forms at the surface during winter and doesn't sink.

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, 325, Boulder, Colorado 80304, United States Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado ...

China has discovered large-scale integrated clastic oilfield in deep to ultra-deep layers for the first time in South China Sea, marking a breakthrough in China's offshore oil exploration.

The very first layers of soil were dropped onto the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing on Monday morning, marking another major milestone for what will become the world’s largest bridge of its kind.

"Multi-layers of fraudulent activity" made up the conspiracy, Trabold said in his opening statement, on Monday. Layers of employees, the witnesses said, played roles in the 14-year, $22 million ...

The polar vortex is an atmospheric circulation pattern that sits high above the poles, in a layer of the atmosphere called the stratosphere. This structure can weaken as a result of abnormal ...