Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have, for the first time, found evidence for cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn's moon.

Meteorologist sometimes refer to them as “convection clouds” So what is convection and what’s it doing within our atmosphere to produce such a cloud? Think of it like a pan of boiling water.

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Convection cell describes the cyclical pattern of movement of a gas or liquid such as the atmosphere, the ocean, or the Earth's mantle.

High in the clouds, atmospheric aerosols, including anthropogenic air pollutants, increase updraft speeds in storm clouds by making the surrounding air more humid, a new study finds.

For convection to happen, the atmosphere needs to be unstable, with warmer air sitting beneath cooler air. This happens during the daytime hours as the sun heats up the Earth’s surface, which in ...

You’ve likely seen this summer forecast where there’s a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms for what seems like ...

The instability of the atmosphere is what helps the fair-weather clouds billow into taller forms. The clouds continue to grow until they reach a stable layer of the atmosphere.

Mother Nature put on a display of convection (rising air) over the mountains, lifting moisture rapidly toward an invisible ceiling in the atmosphere.The event ...

Rising air forms clouds during the process of convection, when the surface heat transfers to the upper levels of the atmosphere, and the water vapor in the air cools and condenses to form a cloud.

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have, for the first time, found evidence for cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn's moon.