Fluorescence lidar technology enables a better determination of the origin of particles in the atmosphere. The method can ...

The link between clouds and penguin poop is not an obvious one but it has important implications for climate change. New ...

A recurring atmospheric phenomenon that doesn't always reach North America is expected to dust SC skies this week.

Scientists consider factors like humidity levels, temperature rise and fall, wind patterns, and prevalent cloud structures ...

Eight of the last 10 Saturdays in Boston have had “measurable rain” according to Danielle Noyes, WBUR contributor and ...

“Cloud condensation nuclei are usually the smaller particles because they’re more numerous. One droplet forms on each nuclei, but it takes many merging to create a raindrop big enough to fall ...

Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potentially helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the region.

The ammonia in penguin droppings is absorbed by the sulfur-based aerosols from the plant in the ocean, which in turn create cloud condensation nuclei that cause extra clouds to form. These clouds ...

This shift was enough to increase aerosol particle concentrations by 10,000 times and form fog associated with visible clouds powered by penguin particles immediately after the wi ...

The chemical composition analysis was compared to hygroscopicity measurements derived from a cloud condensation nuclei counter. We observed that the hygroscopicity parameter (κ) that is derived from ...