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In a revelation highlighting the fragile balance of our planet's atmosphere, scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between massive wildfire events and the chemistry of the ozone layer. Using ...

Newly available air-monitoring data show that the Baltimore-Washington area has unhealthy levels of sooty particles, in addition to its persistent ozone pollution that causes smog, the American Lung ...

A sharp increase in hardware orbiting Earth could mean more harmful metals lingering in the atmosphere, according to a new study. By Austyn Gaffney Low-Earth orbit, a layer of superhighway that wraps ...

In 1974, scientists first sounded the alarm about the destruction of the ozone layer caused by human activities. Yet it would take several more years for the global community to reach a consensus on ...

As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each launch is a triumph of human ingenuity, but behind that brilliance lies a ...

WILDFIRE SMOKE IN NORTH CAROLINAHigher concentations of wildfire smoke from fires burning in the the western half of the United States have helped to keep North Carolina in an Code Yellow or moderate ...