How do clouds form, and what do different clouds tell us about the weather?

Why do some clouds look like cotton balls while others look like flying saucers? The shapes of clouds reveal different things ...
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How clouds form: A hands on do-at-home experiment

Have you ever looked up at the clouds in the sky and wondered how they form? Understanding cloud formation is really important for studying weather patterns and making accurate forecasts. Those clouds ...
The Gazette

How do clouds work?

Experiments at home are a great way to have fun and do a little science at the same time without it feeling too much like school. A favorite experiment the library conducts at its STEAM programs ...
NPR

To figure out the future climate, scientists are researching how trees form clouds

Ever looked up at the clouds and wondered where they came from? That's exactly what atmospheric researcher Lubna Dada studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute. She is part of an international project ...
Click2Houston

What are Shelf Clouds aka ‘Scary Looking Clouds,’ and how are they formed?

Image by: Michael Samadani, in Baytown from Sunday's storms. Sent using Click2Pins (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) They look intense ...
CNN

Fire whirls and pyrocumulus clouds: How fire creates its own weather

Substantial fires can make their own weather – and do it in several ways. The most common weather phenomena wildfires can create include pyrocumulus clouds, fire tornadoes and smoke clouds that cause ...