You probably remember your grade school science teachers explaining that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. That’s a fundamental property of the universe. Energy can be transformed, however.

NASA's retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere after nearly four decades in space. For 21 of those years, ERBS actively investigated how Earth ...

Hurricanes are known for their destruction. Whipping winds, fast-flowing floods and soaring storm surge take lives and rack up billions of dollars in damage each year. Devastating as they are to ...

In this chapter the state of understanding of radiative forcing from individual agents is reviewed. Over the past 15 years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced ...

Energy balance is the result of the combined influences of energy intake and energy expenditure; however, their relative contributions continue to be vigorously debated. The complexity of the issue is ...

You probably remember your grade school science teachers explaining that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. That's a fundamental property of the universe. Energy can be transformed, however.