For nearly 50 years, scientists have suspected that microscopic marine plankton play a role in cloud formation over the ...

Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine environments on Earth, from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the snow on Mt.

Marine plankton release a gas that helps in forming aerosol particles that can seed clouds over cold ocean regions -far more effectively than ...

An interesting phenomenon unfolded Monday in the sky over Houston as nearly perfect rows of clouds were spotted. Video submitted to us by a subscriber showed the unmistakable appearance of what are ...

Satellite images showed clouds lining up with Houston highways Tuesday morning. Here's what meteorologists say may have ...

No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud seeding, typically involves dispersing small silver iodide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in the US have just unveiled a new convection cloud chamber which they believe can finally help them decode some of ...

Forming 50 miles above Earth's surface, noctilucent clouds offer a rare glimpse into one of the least-understood layers of ...

Miriam Freedman (left), professor of chemistry at Penn State, and Heidi Busse, a graduate student at Penn State, studied the freezing activity of four different types of microplastics to see how they ...