Powerplant snow Using satellite observations, climate researchers discovered unique plumes of ice clouds and reduced cloud cover downwind of industrial hot spots in North America, Europe and Asia.

Hidden Planet How industrial pollution is altering clouds and making it snow. The team found unique plumes of ice clouds near 67 metal and cement factories, paper mills and power plants in North ...

Observations of reduced cloud cover and snowfall downwind of industrial air pollution hotspots. Velle Toll. The researchers suggest that the factory pollution particles can act as INPs, triggering ...

A POWER PLANT IS CREATING SNOW AND THAT’S MADE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY INTO SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. ... The phenomenon occurs when the plant's operations interact with the low stratus cloud deck above.

Snow and cold temperatures rarely kill plants native to Ohio. Most insects survive cold winters by producing an antifreeze-like chemical or entering diapause. Recently, we visited with thousands ...

The study suggests that industries such as metallurgical and cement factories, coal-fired power plants, and oil refineries emit aerosol particles that cause freezing of supercooled liquid clouds ...