The Basic Building Blocks Every Cloud Needs Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present ...

The first report of this unusual cloud appeared in Weather magazine in 1948, in an article titled “Man-Made Cirrus?” The ...

A massive UFO-Shaped cloud appeared in the sky over Kota Kinabalu on Sunday (Nov 16). A PECULIAR cloud formation resembling a ...

Contrails in the blue sky remind us of daily air traffic—and its impact on the climate. However, the effect of contrails on ...

Explore the effectiveness and history of cloud seeding in India, focusing on recent trials in Delhi and their outcomes.

Snow is the classic of any winter precipitation and forms when temperatures are at or below freezing in the cloud and at to ...

Cloud shapes arise from how air moves and mixes at different heights. When air rises, it cools. If it cools to its dew point, water vapour condenses into droplets or ice, forming a cloud.

Only one side of a silver crystal has the right structure to trigger ice formation, revealing how these particles help clouds ...

Silver iodide is the material of choice to make clouds release rain and snow. For decades, its remarkable ability to trigger precipitation has been used in cloud seeding to prevent hail damage and ...

New research shows most long-lasting contrails form inside natural clouds, reshaping how airlines plan climate-friendly flight routes.

Long-lived contrails form predominantly not in cloud-free skies, but within already existing ice clouds. This is the conclusion reached by a team of scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich, the ...

Scientists say cloud seeding can boost snowpack by up to 12% during storms that already form naturally, a small change that ...