Western University expands use of meteor cameras to track contrails and tackle aviation-induced climate change ...

Cirrus clouds don't just form and die, but can regenerate, detailed images of ice crystals show. The pictures are some of the first results to come out of the Tropical Warm Pool International ...

Instead it spreads out, forming a characteristic anvil shape. 3) Cirrus Cirrus clouds can mark the approach of a warm front – and rain. Shutterstock Cirrus form very high in the atmosphere.

“Cirrus clouds — high, wispy clouds visible in the distant atmosphere on relatively clear days — absorb and trap more radiation, warming the Earth,” while “stratus or stratocumulus ...

By reducing the coverage of wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds, researchers at Zhejiang University in China say it could be possible to hit the brakes on global warming without dire consequences.

However, these clouds had fewer ice crystals than typical cirrus clouds observed under normal conditions. The ice crystals that were present were notably larger than usual.

CLOUD COVER Shrinking the ice particles in cirrus clouds by blasting them with a laser could provide a method for tweaking the planet’s temperature. Scientists tested this technique in the lab ...

Cirrus clouds, known for their wispy, feathery appearance, are shaped by strong winds high in the atmosphere. These winds act on the ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds, twisting and spreading ...