Even small differences, sometimes just a degree or two high in the atmosphere, can completely change what eventually reaches ...

Rain is a common phenomenon on Earth. There is a similar phenomenon on the Sun, called coronal rain. It is related to the coronal heating and magnetic field, and plays a fundamental role in the mass ...

Water moves between pools through evaporation into water vapor, transport through the atmosphere, condensation to form clouds, and returns to the surface as precipitation. At its core, the water cycle ...

Scientists for decades have attempted to learn more about the complex and mysterious chain of events by which tiny droplets in clouds grow large enough to begin falling toward the ground. Better ...

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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) — We’ve been getting rain in western Massachusetts almost every weekend for the past couple of months, but Sunday was an exception. Every weekend, for what seems like the whole ...

Tackling a long-time mystery, scientists have found that the turbulent movements of air in clouds play a key role in the growth of water droplets and the initiation of rain. The research can improve ...