Physics Or Chemistry? Does Dust Create The Seeds Of Precipitation In Clouds?
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
Image: Jeff Kubina via flickr, CC BY BY Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Inside Science (Inside Science) -- Showers fall to Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet or hail. But high in the clouds, water molecules often begin to come together as tiny ice crystals that form around miniscule particles of dust. The microscopic crystals are big players in creating rain and lightning, and also heat and cool the planet by bouncing sunlight off clouds. read more