(THE CONVERSATION) When an unexpected rainstorm leaves you soaking wet, it is an annoyance. When a drought leads to fires, crop failures and water shortages, the significance of weather becomes ...

Cloud Weight It might seem surprising, but the average cumulus cloud, those cotton-like clouds you see on fair weather days, ...

Planes and precipitation typically don’t mix well, leading to frustrating delays and violent turbulence. However, the roles can be reversed every so often. A flight landing in Denver, Colorado last ...

A groundbreaking study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth's water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into ice.

Clouds, composed of tiny water droplets or ice crystals, play a vital role in regulating Earth's climate by influencing the amount of solar radiation that reaches the surface. The cloud phase ...

All of a sudden, storm clouds appear overhead ... The scales are hydrophobic enough to make water droplets bead up — but hydrophilic enough to keep them from rolling right off the reptiles.

WATCH: One local woman captured attention on social media by throwing a pot of hot water into the air, creating a dazzling cloud of steam and ice crystals.