Of the many tools meteorologists use to make forecasts, one is the weather balloon. Weather balloons are essential. Since the ...

Meteorology may not seem like an eco-unfriendly field, but it does need to clean up its act in at least one way. A new ...

The study notes that while some of the materials used in weather balloons—like latex and cotton string—are considered biodegradable, much of it, including the string, is not breaking down quickly.

Some 80% of weather radiosondes—remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts—end up lost ...

"Most weather balloons rise to about 100,000ft ... transport and dispersion of things such as pollutants and hazardous material in the atmosphere. "The model also works backwards - called back ...

China insists it was a weather ship blown astray ... 1,500m, although material is spread over a much larger area. Efforts to recover the balloon's equipment have been complicated by sea conditions ...