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Clouds, A Love Story

Malia Reiss — February 14, 2024 - 10:10am

Cloud-watching is a classic bucket-list date idea. But what happens when the date is attended by two professional cloud watchers?

�ٺ��Ƶ atmospheric science professors Adele and Matthew Igel met over their shared love of clouds. Their cloud-watching dates are a little more professional now, but still romantic. With clouds, as with love, there is always more to know.

The Lightness of Water Vapor Adds Heft to Global Climate Models

Katherine E Kerlin — October 24, 2022 - 9:41am

Including the lightness of water vapor in climate models can improve cloud simulations and the accuracy of climate change forecasts, �ٺ��Ƶ scientists found.

Ice Surface Melts One Step at a Time

Andy Fell — December 14, 2016 - 9:45am

For a solid, ice is slippery stuff, even well below its freezing point. Victorian scientist Michael Faraday discovered over 150 years ago that ice is coated with a thin layer of liquid, which both makes ice slippery and contributes to chemical reactions at the surface. Now, researchers in Germany, the U.S. and Japan have used a combination of experiments and computer modeling to show how this “quasi-liquid layer” forms as layers of the ice crystal melt.