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…
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…
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 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, and depleted aquifers could set the stage for a second Dust Bowl, a period of drought and dust storms that affected…
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…
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…
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…