I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...

Question: I understand how clouds moving in at night can stop the temperature drop, but how can they make the temperature rise? Where does this energy come from? — Bill Current Answer: Some background ...

Tiny cloud droplets typically stay suspended in the air because they fall at a speed equal to or lower than the rising air. Answer: Typical cloud droplets are so tiny that they remain more or less ...

A faraway gas giant planet that's famous for being strangely "puffy" appears to have clouds that are made of tiny bits of sand. The sand likely acts as water does on Earth, falling like rain towards ...

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form Max G. Levy The view from a research aircraft that scientists use to collect data from high in Earth’s ...

Clouds are a collection of very tiny water droplets, or ice crystals, that float in the air together. They're able to float because they're so small and light. Rain forms when they all start combining ...

Some parts of the U.S. see well over 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snow per year. Edoardo Frola/Moment Open via Getty Images The thought of snow can conjure up images of powdery slopes, days out of ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How is snow made? – Tenley, age 7, Rockford, ...