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Analysis of air samples taken at altitudes of up to 3,000 meters above Japan has revealed the presence of a vast range of viable bacteria and fungi transported by air masses originating more than ...

Scientists have sussed out a new source for the seeds of clouds. When the stratospheric layer of Earth’s atmosphere dips a toe into the underlying troposphere, the resulting chemical mixture becomes a ...

These are instruments to measure atmospheric constituents onboard the zeppelin. This image relates to a paper that appeared in 18 April, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Xin Li ...