“Popcorn” clouds hang in a relatively uniform layer over the land by Brazil’s northeastern coast. These clouds form when water vapour is released into the atmosphere by photosynthesizing plants. Water vapour is more buoyant than dry air, so it rises and eventually condenses into clouds like the popcorn clouds shown ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- As Peninsula Malaysia enters the second half of the 2011/2012 northeast monsoon season, it inevitably means less clouds and more of the sun's rays, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department. The heat from the sun relatively ...

Clouds play a small role in initiating climate variations, but the "bottom line is that clouds have not replaced humans as the cause of the recent warming the Earth is experiencing," says Andrew Dessler. (Credit: iStockphoto) TEXAS A&M (US) — Cl...

This blog contains material that may be inappropriate for preteen audiences, so if you are underage, please click here.For the rest of you, lets continue. A number of readers of this blog have sent me emails the past few days about some strange look...

Aviation safety: New computer tool forecasts icing hazards Public release date: 12-Apr-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Rachael Drummondrachaeld@ucar.edu303-497-8604National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Res...

Temperatures across most of the nation's heartland all the way to the Southeast and the mid-Atlantic will warm up a bit on Valentine's Day.

(Princeton University, Engineering School) Princeton University engineers have developed a new laser sensing technology that may allow soldiers to detect hidden bombs from a distance and scientists to better measure airborne environmental pollutants an...

(University of Calgary) Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact on global oceans.

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that "billionaire Bill Gates is funding experiments to explore using "artificial" ...

Mike Hollingshead is a storm chaser and he is one outstanding photographer. This is how he describes his passion. "I started out as a storm chaser, with no plans or desire to shoot still images. My thing was just video taping storms with a cheap camcorder. ...

Here is a nice summary on clouds basic, how they form, how they relate to air motions, their different shapes and what do they mean. "Clouds are an ever-present feature of the earth's ...

On Monday, Environmental Graffiti "decided to turn [its] gaze on two more benign but no less majestic powers of earth and sky. Clouds and mountains ...