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A new type of lidar is allowing physicists to study cloud tops at a resolution 100 to 1,000 times higher than before.

High above the familiar cotton wool of weather systems, a stranger kind of cloud is quietly rewriting what we think we know ...

Airplanes form invisible ice clouds that trap heat. Study explains why contrails matter and how aviation warming has been ...

As brutally cold conditions gripped the Chicago area this past weekend, a rather peculiar phenomenon surfaced along Lake ...

Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new type of lidar—a laser-based remote-sensing ...

Translated to the ground, that means we will see lots of clouds, with periods of drizzle or even fog possible beginning ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Take a look at the sky on any given day and you’ll likely see ...

In plays, poems, songs, and novels, clouds stand in for everything from bad philosophy to the many incarnations of a soul Ah, the cloud. It sounds dreamlike, ethereal. But of course, when we talk ...

Monday will start cloudy with gradual clearing expected and winds between 5 to 10 mph. The high temperature will range in the ...