In this case, I am talking about atmospheric pressure. Pressure is not something we ordinarily dwell on before or during a flight. But if you fly in a location where the mountain peaks are plentiful, ...

The US Navy recently completed tank tests of a new deep-diving suit called the Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) system that is light and flexible, yet maintains sea-level internal ...

As nightmares go, being trapped in a small box deep underwater is probably high on many peoples’ lists. But one United States professor is doing this on purpose. Joe Dituri, a former U.S. Navy diver ...

An e-mail from Juan asks why barometer readings are often referenced as sea-level pressure. Pressure measurements are essential for the plotting of isobars (lines of equal pressure) over the Earth, ...

Paris Alston: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. When trying to make sense of the weather and meteorological patterns, there are a lot of helpful tools out there. One of them is isobars, the curved lines ...

David Legates was a Visiting Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. The rise in mean global sea levels has been ongoing since the demise of the last Ice Age, ...

People from all walks of life flock to coasts and seashores to play, work or simply enjoy the beauty of the ocean. But as the climate changes, coastlines are coming to represent something else – ...

Climate change and long cyclical weather patterns have conspired to raise sea levels at unprecedented rates over the past dozen years along the Gulf Coast and parts of the East Coast, according to two ...