A new type of lidar is allowing physicists to study cloud tops at a resolution 100 to 1,000 times higher than before. Reading time 3 minutes If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’re probably familiar ...

By watching the clouds, they can help predict changes in the weather. Cirrus clouds often indicate a change in the weather is ...

Most studies of how clouds are responding to climate change focus on clouds over the oceans, rather than over mountains.

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 – ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’re probably familiar with what cloud tops look like: generally white and fluffy, with dips of blue-gray here and there. But the physics behind cloud tops had long ...