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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At an early age, one of the first science lessons for most will probably be a lesson on the various types of clouds in the sky. However, it might surprise you to learn that cloud formations are ...

I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...

Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...

A new study is helping scientists clarify how clouds can affect climate, while also dimming the prospects for some proposed geoengineering ideas. Jeramy Dedrick and Lynn Russell of UC San Diego’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 ...

Sulfur molecules come in many forms called allotropes, from S2 up to S8. The subscript indicates the number of S atoms in the allotrope. We are proposing here a new pathway to S2 formation. With S2 ...

A conflict-driven reroute of international ships exposed how dramatically cleaner fuel reduces cloud formation.