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Shipboard cloud observations in the Southern Ocean: Antarctic research cruises toward better climate models

Climate models are essential tools for understanding our planet's future, helping scientists predict global warming patterns, sea level rise, and extreme weather events. These sophisticated computer ...
BGR

NASA Spotted An Almost Perfectly Round Circle Of Clouds Over The Ocean

Clouds usually come in chaotic, shifting forms that look like cotton balls, dragons, or even your favorite cartoon character if you squint just right. But in 2014, NASA's Terra satellite captured a ...
EurekAlert!

Sweet discovery: sugars from the salty ocean are responsible for a large part of the ice nuclei in clouds over the remote oceans of the southern hemisphere

Leipzig. Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. An international team has now taken an important step towards ...
Phys.org

Winter's end is written in the clouds over Alaska

As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations. Winter 2026 roared to an end in southern Alaska as parts of the coast saw ...
Phys.org

Cleaner air may be accelerating warming by making clouds less reflective

Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago. Global warming is advancing faster than climate models predicted, with observed temperatures exceeding ...