Clouds are reflecting less sunlight, trapping heat, and rapidly accelerating global warming beyond predictions.

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

Have you ever wondered how clouds stay in the sky? Here's your answer, and by the way, the weight of an actual cloud might ...

A new study is helping scientists clarify how clouds can affect climate, while also dimming the prospects for some proposed geoengineering ideas.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Tropical marine low clouds may amplify the greenhouse effect by 71% more than previously estimated, suggesting Earth's climate is more sensitive to rising CO 2 ...

Clouds changing as world warms, adding to climate uncertainty People have always studied the skies to predict the weather, but recently scientists have noticed that clouds are changing on a global ...

“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 ...

First the science. Clouds are more complicated than the graphic on the daily forecast. Clouds form as miniscule droplets of water, evaporating from the earth, cooling in the atmosphere. These drops ...

For more on the satellites that keep their eyes on Earth, visit NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. This section contains a cloud gallery with 260 beautiful images of a range of 10 cloud ...

Tropical marine low clouds play a crucial role in regulating Earth's climate. However, whether they mitigate or exacerbate global warming has long remained a mystery. Now, researchers have ...

Tropical marine low clouds play a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate. However, whether they mitigate or exacerbate ...