Cloud seeding does not create clouds or precipitation from clear skies. It can only be effective when clouds with the right ...

Contrails – short for condensation trails – are linear clouds made up of ice crystals that form behind jet aircraft at high ...

If you’ve ever looked up at a mostly blue sky and seen straight white lines criss-crossing the horizon, or watched a plane puff out a plume as it passed above, you may have wondered, “what causes that ...

Some contrails can contribute to global warming. Contrails—pure ice clouds (“cirrus”) that form from aircraft exhaust under specific cold conditions—can trap heat in the atmosphere, sometimes creating ...

If you've ever stared up at the sky and wondered about the long, white streaks emerging behind airplanes, you're definitely not alone. These ghostly lines are called contrails, short for condensation ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — There have been all kinds of theories about jet contrails over the years. In reality, they have a very simple scientific explanation. You will often see a white streak trailing ...

Clouds come in all types, shapes and sizes. It can be used to determine current and future weather conditions just by looking at the sky. Clouds were studied and named by Englishman Luke Howard in the ...