Raining Microbes? New Research Finds Rain-Borne Bacteria Colonize Plants
When it rains, plants are not only showered with water, but also microbes. These rain-borne microbes have the opportunity to become part of a plant’s…
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Alien Raindrops Are Surprisingly Similar to Rain on Earth
Raindrops on other planets and moons are close to the size of raindrops on Earth despite having different chemical compositions and falling through vastly different…
China’s Unrelenting Flooding: 2020 Summer Monsoon Season Delivers Historic Rainfall
The 2020 summer monsoon season has delivered historic amounts of rain to China. Since June, unusually strong, stationary weather systems have produced frequent storms and…
Evidence That The Southern Amazon Rainforest Triggers Its Own Rainy Season
New research gives the first observational evidence that the southern Amazon rainforest triggers its own rainy season using water vapor from plant leaves. The new…
How Rain Droplets Attract Aerosols Out of the Atmosphere
Atmospheric chemists from MIT test how effective rain is at cleaning the atmosphere, revealing the most accurate values of coagulation to date. As a raindrop…
MIT Study Shows Rainfall Releases Aerosols on Impact
MIT scientists use high-speed cameras to show that when a raindrop hits a surface it traps tiny air bubbles at the point of contact and…
Rising Temperatures & Persistent Drought Threaten to Create a Second Dust Bowl
Rising temperatures, persistent drought, and depleted aquifers could set the stage for a second Dust Bowl, a period of drought and dust storms that affected…
How Mosquitoes Manage to Fly in the Rain
Mosquitoes are able to fly adeptly during a rainstorm as well as under clear skies, but how do they manage that feat? Since mosquitoes weigh…
China to Create 10% More Rain by 2015
The rest of the world can deal with droughts and bad crops but China has plans to step up their rain-making endeavors and increase precipitation…
Twin Rainbows Simulated In 3D
Yes, that really is a rare twin rainbow in the image above where two colorful arcs spring from the same starting point. You’ve probably seen…