Adam Sherwinski teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the different types of precipitation This video explains the different types of precipitation—such as rain, snow, sleet, hail, drizzle, ...

While they occur worldwide, atmospheric rivers are especially significant along the West Coast of the United States, contributing 30 to 50 per cent of the region’s annual precipitation. They are vital ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot. The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants — Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — are hot, just like ...

(KRON) — The first of two significant atmospheric river storms barreled into the Bay Area on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain, flooding, and causing trees to fall. Rain is expected to continue over the ...

SEATTLE — What's an atmospheric river? And how is it different from a bomb cyclone? And how is it related to a Pineapple Express? These questions are top of mind as an atmospheric river is impacting ...

New research from scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that atmospheric rivers explain the majority of atypical El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) years, such as ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

I watched the tire slowly filling until it was round and solid feeling again. I was impressed once more with the fact that air — something we can’t see, feel or taste — actually has a measurable mass ...

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet racing around its star in under 11 hours. Despite being blasted by intense ...