Tiny particles of pollutants in the lower atmosphere have a striking effect on cloud anvils, which are created by thunderstorms. That's the conclusion of a team of atmospheric scientists at Pacific ...

Flying high over the ground in a plane, a thunderstorm's anvil cloud might be the last thing you want to see, but it's exactly what a group of scientists conducting an airborne mission were looking ...

Clear blue sky overhead does not guarantee safety from lightning, and meteorologists have a specific term for the strikes ...

You may have spotted it over the mountains near Vancouver, B.C. or the Bellingham area - a strange looking cloud with a flat top that resembles a giant anvil. The technical name for this type of cloud ...

A perfectly formed anvil thunderstorm cloud yesterday spread across the northern skies of Adelaide, dumping heavy rain on the Barossa and igniting a Twitter frenzy. The cumulonimbus cloud developed ...

This afternoon SpaceX aborted its second attempt to land a rocket on a ship at sea. This would have been – and still might be – a historic landing, if completed successfully, as it would make the ...

Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that could save your life. Most of us walk around barely noticing the atmosphere ...