Unlike traditional rainbows that are caused by water droplets, fire rainbows occur due to the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds. These clouds, often found ...

When a volcano erupts, it can spew ash high into the atmosphere—inserting aerosols right where clouds typically form. How ...

Noctilucent clouds, Earth's highest clouds, shine blue in the twilight sky from late May to August in the northern hemisphere ...

Imperial College London researchers have been awarded £3.6 million from the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

Clouds are categorized into three main groups based on their altitude: cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. Cirrus clouds are ...

Have you ever looked at the clouds and wondered how they form, impact the weather or why they are different shapes and sizes? I've created a basic cloud ...

Particularly in summer, some continental US sites are shown to be worse than Hawaii, where high‐altitude cirrus clouds and the associated moisture have historically caused significant losses in the ...

Check out this beautiful photo of nacreous clouds, also known as rainbow clouds, from southern Indiana. Here's how the ...

The phenomenon occurs when sunlight hits ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds Dubai: A stunning celestial spectacle lit up the skies of Saudi Arabia’s Aseer region this morning ...

“Cirrus clouds are not so well understood,” says ... where they can be carried around the entire planet. The high altitude of these formations makes them difficult to study—too high for ...