Tag: Clouds
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Scientists hope whiter clouds will save the environment
The Tweet: “Scientists are considering whitening the clouds to combat global warming.” Researchers are revisiting a proposal to turn sea water into clouds in an attempt to combat climate change. Ships could be remotely controlled and wind powered, roaming the oceans casting sea salt particles into the air in a project called marine cloud brightening.…
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Atmospheric ice causes sun halos
The Tweet: “When you see a halo around the moon or sun, that means a storm is coming.” Halos around the sun or moon are caused by light refracting through ice crystals in the Earth’s atmosphere. The crystals are found in cirrus clouds 20,000 feet above the Earth’s surface – the highest of the main cloud…