If you thought forecasting Earth's weather was tough, you haven't been to Titan.

The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to ecologists, due to a previously unrecognized threat from a familiar enemy: Acid rain.

Too Many Dead Leaves a Bad Sign for Sugar MaplesScientists have discovered that nitrogen that falls from the atmosphere in acid rain can influence large tracts of sugar maples in North America.The atmospheric nitrogen in acid rain can affect forest ecosystems by acidifying soils and causing nutrient imbalances.Sugar maples in ...

Emissions regulations do have an environmental impact, according to a long-term study of acidic rainfall. A report detailing trends in acidic rainfall frequency and concentration over 25 years found that as sulfur and nitrogen emissions have dropped in response to the Clean Air Act, acid ions in rainwater have dropped ...

This animation, set to Hanuman by Rodrigo y Gabriela, shows the LLAMA research team collecting and cataloging leaf litter arthropods in Guatemala at low elevation sites, below 500 meters.

This animation, set to Hanuman by Rodrigo y Gabriela, shows the LLAMA research team collecting and cataloging leaf litter arthropods in Guatemala at low elevation sites, below 500 meters.

Virally infected caterpillars die on treetops and rain down virus particles on their brothers and sisters as they liquefy after death.

The storm has dashed hopes in drought-ravaged Texas.

(PhysOrg.com) -- As with many of man's most basic ancient desires; to be able to fly, to become invisible etc. making it rain on command (or by prayer) has always been high on the list, and up to now, has proved more elusive than other advances in the sciences. Now ...

 Researchers from the University of Geneva report they could soon be able to control when and where rain falls.Using a powerful laser, researchers created water droplets in the air over the Rhone River in Switzerland. Using laser-assisted water condensation, they hope it could one day unlock the secrets of weather ...

NASA satellite data has shown that Tropical Storm Nock-ten has been a big rainmaker across the Philippines for the last two days and is now tracking into the South China Sea.The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite data was used to create a 3-D image of Tropical Storm Nock-ten's rainfall ...

The tenth tropical depression formed in the western North Pacific Ocean this past weekend, and brought rains to the central Philippines as seen on infrared imagery from a NASA satellite.When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Depression 10W on July 25 at 0441 UTC (12:41 a.m. EDT), the infrared image ...