This study demonstrated that a large-scale flooding experiment in coastal Maryland, USA, aiming to understand how freshwater and saltwater floods may alter soil biogeochemical cycles and vegetation in a deciduous coastal forest.

The complex interactions between the land and atmosphere can affect cloud growth.

Assessing observed weather conditions that support or suppress the growth of clouds into deep precipitating storms during the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions experiment.

Multiple concurrent single-particle measurements help develop a quantitative and predictive understanding of secondary organic aerosols.

Applying a novel framework to a climate model reveals new characteristics about how elevated concentrations of aerosols affect clouds.

A deep learning model overcomes persistent challenges in emulating long-term simulations of secondary organic aerosols.

Performing closure studies using aerosol size, aerosol composition, and cloud condensation nuclei measurements of mixed aerosol from the Southern Great Plains region.

How a model treats gas transfer behavior onto dust and sea salt particles significantly influences nitrate aerosols and their effects on climate.

Microbes that were previously frozen in soils are becoming more active. This study demonstrates the diverse RNA viral communities found in thawed permafrost.

When wildfires burn in the west, the heat and airborne particles they release inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states.

Organismal contribution and community interaction drive soil organic matter breakdown by microbes.

Secondary organic aerosol formation from monoterpenes is more strongly influenced by oxidant and monoterpene structure than by nitric oxides and hydroperoxy radical concentrations.

The presence of mMarine microorganisms may enhance cloud droplet formation, leading to brighter clouds that reflect more sunlight.

Repeated aircraft measurements over central Oklahoma allow researchers to better understand the spatial variability of aerosol properties that affect cloud evolution.

Proteins from “auxiliary” genes in soil viruses play a role in the carbon cycle and climate, scientists have found.

Aerosols from sea-spray that are transported by atmospheric rivers enhance snow precipitation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The Earth system model aerosol-cloud diagnostics package version 1 uses aircraft, ship, and surface measurements to evaluate simulated aerosols in an Earth system model.

A new study shows how organic molecules respond to global change varies according to functional traits and ecological processes.

A novel database of tracked deep convective storms reveals how environmental factors affect storm formation and growth in South America.

Soil transplant experiment gives new insights into coastal forest resilience, rising seas, and increasing storms.