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Microplastics are turning up in unusual places increasingly often as they filter into nearly every facet of life on Earth. They’ve been discovered in drinking water, food, air and even in blood. Now, ...

Cloud formation can be influenced by the topography of the land. The Tri-Cities area is surrounded by mountains, which play a major role in a lot of the weather we experience. Mountains act as a ...

Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic groups had long-distance connections, Bruce ...

A study published on January 25 in the journal Science shows how the presence in the atmosphere of ultrafine aerosol particles (less than 50 nanometers in diameter) can intensify the cloud formation ...

In meteorology, there is a weather phenomena we call mesoscale processes. Some of Michigan’s inland lakes are big enough to produce an interesting mesoscale process. Mesoscale means smaller scale than ...