How do harmless puffy white clouds grow into towering, potentially dangerous cumulonimbus thunderstorms? On their surface, clouds appear to be an odd contradiction of nature — light enough to float on ...
Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...
James Renwick receives climate research funding from the NZ MInistry for Business, Innovation & Employment. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The ...