Antarctica plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system by reflecting solar radiation back into space. The large white ice surfaces and clouds play a decisive role in this process. However, how ...

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Brookhaven National Laboratory's new chamber allows researchers to study cloud formation in controlled conditions for the ...

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 ...

Using 35 years of satellite data, researchers observed a consistent pattern for ice cloud formation stemming from desert dust in the atmosphere. The way clouds freeze is vital piece of the puzzle for ...

A study published on January 25 in the journal Science shows how the presence in the atmosphere of ultrafine aerosol particles (less than 50 nanometers in diameter) can intensify the cloud formation ...

In meteorology, there is a weather phenomena we call mesoscale processes. Some of Michigan’s inland lakes are big enough to produce an interesting mesoscale process. Mesoscale means smaller scale than ...

Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic groups had long-distance connections, Bruce ...