Two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds that cool the planet by reflecting sunlight Highly reflective cloud areas near the equator and storm tracks are shrinking due to warming Less ...

Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ...

AN ALIEN planet with traces of water and "complex weather patterns like Earth" might be seen like a good contender for a Planet B. But it would be impossible for us humans to survive there. Planet ...

What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...

This fall, NASA scientist Kris Bedka flew into Hurricane Helene to test a device that uses lasers to create ultradetailed wind measurements. It could be the key to unlocking better storm predictions.