How do harmless puffy white clouds grow into towering, potentially dangerous cumulonimbus thunderstorms? On their surface, clouds appear to be an odd contradiction of nature — light enough to float on ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Last week was Severe Weather Awareness week, which covered topics from severe thunderstorms to tornadoes to extreme heat and fire danger. One question that may remain is: How ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – After a stretch of thunderstorms last week, the potential for storms comes around again Wednesday evening. Thunderstorms need a couple of factors to form. First, warm ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Technically called “cumulonimbus flammagenitus,” pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a rare weather phenomenon caused by intense heat. These towering clouds form when extreme heat from a ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A powerful line of storms moved through yesterday morning bringing with it damaging winds, heavy rain, and even the threat of hail. All across the state from western Michigan ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...