Planetary scientists have discovered the highest clouds above any planetary surface. They found them above Mars using the SPICAM instrument on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. The results are a ...
Rare noctilucent clouds are lighting up the twilight skies once again, offering a spectacular celestial show for early risers ...
Noctilucent clouds over the Baltic Sea, as seen from Germany in 2019. Typically seen in polar regions, the clouds are increasingly appearing at mid- and low latitudes. Matthias Süßen via Wikimedia ...
A new study found tiny microplastics — sized between 7.1 to 94.6 micrometers — in cloud water collected from high-altitude summits in Japan. The researchers suggest that microplastics could therefore ...
Clouds are important for Earth's energy balance because they interact with radiation in different ways. On one hand, low clouds reflect incoming solar radiation and thus cool Earth through a property ...
In a pioneering study, Japanese researchers led by Yize Wang and Hiroshi Okochi from Waseda University have unveiled a remarkable find: the presence of microplastics in cloud water samples collected ...
While astronomy and clouds don’t usually mix, a rare type of atmospheric phenomenon, called noctilucent or night-shining clouds, offers an exception, as reported by Space.com’s Anthony Wood.