When a volcano erupts, it can spew ash high into the atmosphere—inserting aerosols right where clouds typically form. How ...

The cold weather is creating quite a site on the top of Mount Washington. Pictures from the Mount Washington Observatory show ...

It’s storm season here in Southern Colorado, but do you know how to spot a thunderstorm in the sky or even how it forms? To start, a thunderstorm actually starts with three ...

Climate scientists have struggled to explain Arctic warming, but a new study focuses on clouds that trap heat, acting like a ...

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

Volcanic ash from eruptions can reshape cirrus clouds, forming giant ice crystals and altering how Earth traps heat in the ...

If you have a balloon and you fill it with air, you can weigh the mass of the air, because everything has mass. Clouds are ...

Parts of the United States have gotten an early taste of summer weather, as temperatures and humidity are on the rise. Summer ...

In the battle against climate change, controversial experiments are set to take place in Britain within the next five years. The UK government's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has ...

The team will use drones – similar to those used in choreographed light displays – over an area of around 330ft wide to try to force water droplets in clouds to coalesce, making them more ...

It condenses and turns back into a liquid, and clouds are formed. When water droplets in clouds get too heavy they fall as rain, snow, sleet or hail and this is precipitation. When rain hits the ...

Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with the ...