As a professor of atmospheric and planetary sciences, I’ve studied how ice crystals floating in the sky become the snow that coats the ground.. It all starts in the clouds. Clouds form when air ...

If there’s enough moisture and lift, stratus clouds can create rain or snow. These are nimbostratus. How mountains can create their own clouds ...

How are clouds’ shapes made? ... When the edges of these clouds look especially crisp, it’s a sign that heavy rain or snow may be imminent. Wispy cirrus are ice clouds.

The dynamic way different-shaped snowflakes perform distinct 'dances' within clouds has been found to influence how much precipitation is likely to form. The discovery of this unique cloud ...

After the snow fell, the clouds also became less extensive — increasing the amount of sunlight reaching the surface. The team found that cloud cover near these industrial hot spots was about 8.3 ...

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