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 ...

Clouds get their shapes by the air that surrounds them. We have all experienced those days when the clouds seem like a blanket covering the sky. Just a solid grey, flat cloud hovering in the sky.

Airplanes form invisible ice clouds that trap heat. Study explains why contrails matter and how aviation warming has been ...

Have you ever looked up at the clouds in the sky and wondered how they form? Understanding cloud formation is really important for studying weather patterns and making accurate forecasts. Those clouds ...

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, ...

Miriam Freedman receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Heidi Busse receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the ...

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form Max G. Levy The view from a research aircraft that scientists use to collect data from high in Earth’s ...

Rare Weather Phenomenon Causes Panic Among Beachgoers in Portugal A rare weather phenomenon in the form of a massive roll cloud caused panic among beachgoers in Portugal. TRAVELBOOK explains what it ...

In the summer months, the skies can fill up with a variety of interesting and unusual cloud formations, especially during stormy weather. Clouds are more than just picturesque features of the sky; ...

Early risers in Texas saw something a little bit unusual earlier this week. A rare display of “meteor smoke clouds” — technically called noctilucent clouds — was rippling overhead before sunrise on ...