Have you ever wondered what’s going on high above your head when the sky turns dark and a storm rolls in? Imagine millions of ...

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

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

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

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

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

Impacts of enhanced new-particle growth events above urban roughness sublayer on cloud condensation nuclei.

The ejection of condensation nuclei into the atmosphere via airplanes is the same basic premise behind the idea of cloud seeding. While cloud seeding isn't a new discovery, it's not as simple as ...

Typically in nature, the water attaches to dust or salt particles, called cloud condensation nuclei, that are floating through the atmosphere. Cloud seeding helps stimulate rainfall by injecting ...

In deliberate cloud seeding, condensation nuclei such as silver iodide are introduced into a cloud via aircraft or ground-based generator. Silver iodide has a molecular structure in the shape of a ...

These grow further and contribute to cloud formation as condensation nuclei. This mechanism is likely to affect the climate, too. Who hasn't enjoyed the aromatic scent in the air when walking ...

These particles, in turn, grow over time and then serve as condensation nuclei for water vapor – they thus play an important role in cloud formation in the tropics. “We were able to shed light ...