Global warming appears to be making wet places wetter and dry ones drier, a study suggests.

Spring rains in the eastern Horn of Africa are projected to begin late this year and be substantially lower than normal. From March to May, the rains are expected to total only 60 to 85 percentage of the average rainfall in this region. This is a significant deterioration compared to ...

Volunteers look for signs of acid rain in cemeteries.

YouTube is flooded with videos of people detecting high levels of radioactivity shortly after rainfall. But as it turns out, this radiation comes from a natural source.

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.