Neptune’s clouds have done a vanishing act

Clouds on Neptune have all but vanished. That's a surprise since it's the farthest planet from the sun and gets only 1/900 of the sunlight we get on Earth.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Aug. 21, 2023 ~8 min

Blame clouds for shrinking high-low temp difference?

The difference between the daily high temperature and the daily low in many parts of the world is shrinking. Clouds may be to blame.

Monica Kortsha-UT Austin • futurity
Oct. 27, 2022 ~6 min


Solid aerosols in Arctic may change clouds and climate

Solid aerosols from the Arctic "didn't look like anything we had ever seen in the literature, in the Arctic, or anywhere else in the world."

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
March 31, 2022 ~6 min

Did icy clouds give Mars lakes and rivers?

Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough to form rivers and lakes, a new study using computer models suggests.

Louise Lerner-Chicago • futurity
April 29, 2021 ~7 min

Clean Arctic skies are a window to Earth in 1850

Pristine air over the Southern Ocean suggests clouds from the industrial era weren't so different from those of today, researchers say.

U. Washington • futurity
July 29, 2020 ~7 min

Gas from bacteria affects how clouds form

The interaction between bacteria and algae in the world's oceans may play a role in cloud formation, new research indicates.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
May 5, 2020 ~6 min

Ship emissions can change the clouds

Ship emissions make the clouds near their routes brighter, researchers say. The clouds can reflect the sun and keep the Earth cooler.

Hannah Hickey-UW • futurity
April 7, 2020 ~5 min

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