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, ...

Tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation may actually play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains.

Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present simultaneously for the process to begin. There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. The first ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Miriam Freedman, Penn State and Heidi Busse, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Clouds form ...

Graduate students analyze cloud formation data with research scientist Jesse Anderson, using the Pi Cloud Chamber to study atmospheric processes. × Michigan Tech's Pi Cloud Chamber is giving ...

Clouds form when water vapor — an invisible gas in the atmosphere — sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Early Wednesday morning, parts of the Columbia area saw rain to start the day with scattered showers and storms. This made for a rainy morning commute for many individuals. As the ...

Horizontal convective rolls, or “cloud streets” as they’re commonly called, mark rising and falling masses of warming and cooling air, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

While marveling at views of iconic Mount Fuji, Hiroyuki Kusaka became intrigued when seeing the changing cloud patterns over the summit.

Answer: Clouds form when sufficiently moist air is cooled to the dew point temperature of the air or below, so that either liquid water droplets form on cloud condensation nuclei, or in the case of ...

TO CLOSE DUE TO THE DAMAGE THERE. WELL, NEW ON DAYBREAK, WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT AN AMAZING SIGHT RIGHT OVER MOUNT WASHINGTON. WE GOT THIS PHOTO YESTERDAY FROM JOHN, WHO SAYS THAT IT SHOWS A COOL ...