The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has developed a next-generation gas sensor technology that uses low-cost and safe LED light to precisely distinguish multiple hazardous gases.

Tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation may actually play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains.

The now-closed Fisk Generating Station in Chicago was once a triumph of engineering and considered one of the more efficient coal-fired plants in the country. Now, though, coal-fired plants like this ...

The finding underpins government efforts to fight climate change.

The repeal of the landmark EPA climate finding means that greenhouse gases, the primary cause of global warming, will go unregulated in the U.S.

Humanity’s grand experiment in the atmosphere continues, and a new report documents just how far it’s gone. On Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual index of ...

The air we breathe is a mixture of different gases made up of 78.1% (by volume) nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.04% carbon dioxide. Oxygen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere, essential ...

UPDATE: The headline to this article previously stated that 'gases we exhale contribute to 0.1% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions'. In fact, the research estimated the proportion of the UK's ...

SEATTLE — Attention alien hunters: If you want to find life on distant planets, try looking for signs of toxic chemical cleanup. Gases that organisms produce as they tidy up their environments could ...

Greenhouse gases: When we talk about global warming or climate change, the term greenhouse gases comes up a lot. But what exactly are these gases, and why do they matter so much? In simple words, ...

For over a century, scientists have been measuring the effects of greenhouse gases on the temperature of the planet. Earth naturally experiences temperature fluctuations, but data tracing back to the ...