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 ...

Dust plays a major role in the formation of ice in the atmosphere. A new analysis of satellite data, published in Science, ...

Clouds are important for Earth's energy balance because they interact with radiation in different ways. On one hand, low clouds reflect incoming solar radiation and thus cool Earth through a property ...

This experiment demonstrates how clouds form in our atmosphere through the interaction of warm and cold air. You'll create a miniature version of this natural process ...

In addition to their extent and brightness, cloud altitude is one of the cloud properties believed to play an important role in this process. Researchers have shown: Although for certain cloud types, ...

An international team led by CU Boulder researchers has cracked the chemical code driving the formation of iodine particles in the atmosphere, revealing how the element contributes to increased cloud ...

A new experiment conducted at the world's largest particle physics laboratory, demonstrates the mechanism for how the gas-phase form of iodine -- known as iodic acid -- forms, and suggests it has a ...

This artist’s illustration shows a brown dwarf that hosts an atmosphere filled with gas and dust clouds. A new study on an ...