On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth ...
New satellite-based analysis explains how energy carried by Alfvén waves moves from Earth’s magnetosphere into the atmosphere to generate auroral light emissions.
LPM’s Bill Burton and WAVE 3 meteorologist Tawana Andrew talk about how the Earth creates a budget during this Science Behind the Forecast. This transcript, which is from an archival episode of the ...
Steven Sherwood receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Mindaroo Foundation. Benoit Meyssignac receives funding from the European Commission, the European Space Agency and the ...
How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural variation can make it harder to see longer-term ...