Cloud physics encompasses the study of processes that govern the formation, evolution and dissipation of clouds. Central topics include the microphysical mechanisms of droplet and ice crystal ...

Graduate students analyze cloud formation data with research scientist Jesse Anderson, using the Pi Cloud Chamber to study atmospheric processes. × Michigan Tech's Pi Cloud Chamber is giving ...

Spread the loveThe sight of fluffy white clouds drifting across a bright blue sky is one of nature’s most enduring images. However, few people realize that these seemingly weightless formations are ...

Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...

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 ...

The cleanest chamber ever built is allowing researchers at CERN to track the microscopic processes governing cloud formation, finds Matthew Chalmers Clean climate The CLOUD experiment is sensitive to ...

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 ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. KIST President Oh Sang-rok (from left) and Principal Researcher Yum Seong-soo of the Climate · Environment Research Institute ...

Skyscrapers don’t just reshape a city’s skyline; they may also shape the sky itself. Nighttime satellite observations show that 44 major U.S. cities have more cloud cover over their urban areas than ...