Lightning also influences our environment in ways scientists are only beginning to understand.
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Intense fires can produce storms that make more fire – and they’re becoming more common.
As reflective white clouds become scarcer, learning to read the clouds could become essential in helping glimpse the changes upon us.
Between 2003 and 2022, clouds over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific became less reflective, allowing more sunlight to reach the ocean surface and causing sea surface temperatures to rise.
Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.
Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes colder in the mountains.
An unplanned experiment takes scientists closer to solving a long-standing mystery: To what extent, if any, have human-created emissions influenced thunderstorms?
Puffy to wispy, barely there or dark and menacing, clouds come in many shapes and sizes. Each tells a story about what’s going on in the atmosphere.
Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes.
Fire-produced thunderstorms and tornado-like fire whirls are more common than anyone realized, as high-resolution satellite images and data now show.
What really happens when lightning strikes cars, what to do if you’re out in the open or on a beach, and other tips.
A lack of human activity in the Southern Ocean is just one reason why the air is so clean. Clouds and rain play a vital role in scrubbing the atmosphere, removing natural airborne particles too.
We reviewed evidence on traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change, and found much of it was scientifically plausible.
There are an infinite number of paths an ice crystal can take before you touch it.
Understanding how both cloud cover and temperature work to promote coral bleaching provides valuable insight into how reefs will change over various climate scenarios.
The best way to cut air pollution is to burn less fossil fuel.
On Australia’s rainiest days, more than 30 trillion litres can fall from the skies.
Several states are experimenting with weather modification to try to generate snow as water supplies shrink. An atmospheric scientist explains the history behind it – and the challenges.
Extended periods of rain are most likely found in locations where mountains are near oceans.
Clouds are central players in climate change, and ‘Path 99’ reveals them in a new light using data discarded by scientists.
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne
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