Clouds hover over San Francisco. Low clouds, like those often covering California's coast, are among the most important clouds for climate change and the planet's energy balance. (Getty Images) Study ...

Sometimes, cool air rises and warm air sinks — and that helps the tropics cool off. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You may have ...

Conventional knowledge has it that warm air rises while cold air sinks. But a study from the University of California, Davis, found that in the tropical atmosphere, cold air rises due to an overlooked ...

Including the lightness of water vapor in climate models can improve cloud simulations and the accuracy of climate change forecasts, scientists found. Clouds are notoriously hard to pin down, ...

A typhoon moves over the sea in Thailand. Without the lightness of water vapor, the impacts of climate change to the tropics would be far worse, a UC Davis study found. (Getty) Conventional knowledge ...

Clouds are notoriously hard to pin down, especially in climate science. A study from the University of California, Davis, and published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that air temperature and ...