The right mix of hot, humid, rising air can produce some of the most powerful weather phenomena on the planet.

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. The Amazon is also known as the Green Ocean, for the way ...

As part of the international CLOUD project at the nuclear research centre CERN, researchers at PSI have identified so-called sesquiterpenes – gaseous hydrocarbons that are released by plants – as ...

It's not uncommon for the human eye to pick out familiar-seeming shapes among clouds in the sky, nor for the human mind to experience, however briefly, the sensation that such a resemblance is more ...

When new particles develop in the atmosphere, this influences cloud formation and with that the climate too. Since a few years, these complex processes have been reproduced in a large air chamber ...

One unusual hypothesis we’ve covered several times in the past is the idea that cosmic rays—charged particles from beyond our solar system that constantly bombard the Earth—play a significant role in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Deep in the Amazon, high above the rainforest, clouds sprout from the thick atmosphere, their condensed water vapor billowing into the blue sky beyond. Underneath this, on the ground but acutely aware ...