Welcome to Atmospheric Science! We’re here to unlock the answers to climate change, high-risk weather, and air pollution, and to show you science in action.
The atmosphere protects us from the sun’s harmful radiation, regulates climate, and drives the weather we experience every day.
As a critical component of the Earth system, we need to understand the atmosphere and its interactions with land, oceans, ice, and life on Earth.
More than ever, we are aware of the relationship between society and the atmosphere, and its defining role in the future of our planet. Unprecedented climate records, extreme weather, and threats to the air we breathe serve as stark and growing reminders of the changing atmosphere in the UK and around the world.
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) is a global leader in atmospheric research and innovation.
Our science focuses on some of the greatest environmental issues and challenges of our time.
We keep the UK at the forefront of atmospheric science by supporting experimental campaigns, providing bespoke airborne and ground-based measurements, maintaining long-term observations and extensive data archives, and delivering advanced climate and earth system modelling capabilities. We analyse individual chemical pollutants, detect the creation of clouds, and project global temperature change for future generations.
We work to understand our atmosphere by examining the past, observing the present, and predicting the future.
Latest research on climate, weather, and air pollution
Science explainers
Insights from our researchers - and an opportunity to connect with them in the comments
Audio recordings, video inserts, and photos
A dose of atmospheric science most Tuesdays and Thursdays
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